An air search was launched Monday after a cargo plane disappeared from radar between Vancouver and Prince George.

Naval Lt. Paul Trenholm of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said contact with the Carson Air cargo plane with two pilots and no passengers aboard was lost shortly after 7 a.m.

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Trenholm said no contact was made with the pilots in the white twin-engine turboprop Sweringen SA 226 aircraft before it disappeared from radar.

The plane is believed to be missing northeast of Vancouver.

FlightAware.com, which provides online tracking of flights, shows a flight path for the plane ending near Mount Seymour Provincial Park on Vancouver's North Shore.

Trenholm said two Cormorant helicopters and C-130 and Aurora aircrafts were helping in the search effort.

He said the helicopters are looking in an area where it's believed the aircraft may have gone down, while the Aurora will follow the entire flight route the plane was expected to have taken.

Anyone who may have seen the plane is asked to contact the JRCC, Trenholm said. The JRCC can be reached at 1-800-567-5111 or cellular #727.

The plane had left Vancouver at 6:43 a.m. and was supposed to arrive in Prince George at about 8 a.m., Prince George Airport Authority spokeswoman Lindsay Cotter said.

- with files from Canadian Press