Family members are joining the search for the couple who went missing in a plane last Saturday.
Dominic Neron, 28 with his girlfriend Ashley Bourgeault, of Edmonton, departed in a single-engine Mooney airplane at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, from Penticton en route to Edmonton.
Neron鈥檚 brother Don, along with sister Tammy, and sister-in-law Kate Sinclair departed for Revelstoke this morning.
More of the missing couple鈥檚 family members are currently in Revelstoke.
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The Victoria Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) is leading the search about 18 kilometres outside Revelstoke.
According to the JRCC, two Buffalo aircrafts are focusing above the Revelstoke reservoir.
Poor weather is a factor in the search, but has been the best day emergency crews have experienced so far, said Cpt. Zlatko Neral, with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria.
鈥淣ot saying it鈥檚 great, but it鈥檚 been really bad before today.鈥�
Two helicopters and one aircraft will continue searching until dark.
Emergency crews continue their search in the Rogers Pass area.
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