NORMAN WELLS, N.W.T. - The body of a Colorado man who founded the MiniScribe disc-drive company has been found in the wreckage of his plane in a remote part of the Northwest Territories.
Terry Johnson, 75, had been missing since July 24.
He had been flying a single-engine Beechcraft A36 Bonanza and last had contact with air traffic personnel nearly 50 kilometres outside of Norman Wells, N.W.T.
He failed to make a position report over Fort Simpson and was not heard from as the aircraft reached a point where it would have run out of fuel.
The wreckage was found by search and rescue crews on Thursday.
Capt. Jeff Noel of 17 Wing of the Canadian Forces said in a release that air force crews from across Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard, as well as Civil Air Search and Rescue Association volunteers had been participating in the intense search.
Noel said the case has been turned over to RCMP and local authorities. An investigation will be launched to determine the cause of the crash.
Johnson’s son Jim had said previously that his father was an experienced pilot and was in the Northwest Territories on a family canoeing and fishing trip.
Johnson built MiniScribe from a basement startup in the 1980s into a $100 million company.
