The search continues for a missing couple from Kapuskasing who are overdue in returning to the town by helicopter.
They were heading back north from a vacation, stopped in Sudbury for fuel, and were expected in Kapuskasing Monday night.
They have still not been heard from.
Jody Blais was flying his helicopter with his wife Nicole, home from a trip to Nashville.
The last time a cell phone signal was registered from either Jody or Nicole was around 7 pm on Monday, March 4 and that was from a tower near Timmins.
The couple was reported missing to the police by friends on Wednesday morning.
Police have engaged the Canadian military's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre to search the area between Sudbury and Kapuskasing
Stéphanie Bélec is a Constable with the Ontario Provincial Police.
"At the moment, we are in communications with the JRCC. They're basically eyes in the sky right now, trying to locate different things. We're also going by different tips or anything that the general public might have, any information." said Bélec.
Aircraft from Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Winnipeg and Bagotville, Quebec have been searching since Wednesday. They're also being assisted by Civil Air Search and Rescue Association with crews from Niagara, Sudbury and New Liskeard.
CTV News spoke with a representative from that organization who said every aircraft is required to be equipped with an emergency locator transmitter, which will send a signal in the event of a crash, or if activated manually.
He said that the fact that no emergency transmitter signal has been sent is reason to be optimistic that Jody was forced to make a "soft" landing.
A family member told CTV News that the missing man is "a very experienced helicopter pilot" and that they are equipped for winter weather.
And the OPP in the area say they are discouraging people from getting involved in the search with their own snow machines.
