By Jill Sperling

Student pilot survives plane crash near Salmon Arm

Apr 2, 2016 | 12:09 AM

SALMON ARM — A pilot is safe and doing well after a small plane crash near the Salmon Arm Airport Friday night. 

John Schutt with Shuswap Search and Rescue says members were called out around 9:30 p.m. 

He says a Cessna 152 went down into the East side of Mount Ida. 

Schutt says a search plane and ground crews were sent out to find the plane and were able to determine its location. 

Schutt wouldn’t comment on why the plane went down.