One male passenger's body is accounted for by RCMP, after a plane crash On October 26, but the location of two bodies remains unknown.

At approximately 08:36 am on Saturday, Little Grand Rapids RCMP received a report of a plane crash, approximately 280 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

RCMP says, "Witnesses say the plane clipped a tree before going into the water, with possibly three on board."

RCMP Search & Rescue, the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team, and a search and rescue plane from RCAF 435 Squadron in Winnipeg were all sent to the scene of the crash Saturday afternoon.

By 5 p.m. on Saturday, plane debris was located in Family Lake, near Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba.

Three people were confirmed to be on board at the time of the crash. The RCMP Underwater Recovery Team began their dive on Sunday.

"On October 27, 2019, divers with the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team recovered the body of a 49-year-old male from Family Lake. He has been identified as one of two passengers in the nine-seat Otter floatplane at the time of the crash," says RCMP.

The Underwater Recovery Team is conducting additional dives as a 39-year-old male pilot and a 42-year-old male passenger remain unaccounted for.

Little Grand Rapids RCMP, in partnership with the National Transportation Safety Board, continues to investigate.