A pair of online fundraising campaigns for two Air Tindi pilots killed in a plane crash near Behchoko last week has raised thousands of dollars in just days.

Zach McKillop and Will Hayworth died after the King Air 200 aircraft they were flying went down en route to Whati from Yellowknife. Air Tindi lost contact with the two pilots on the morning of Jan. 30. A weather-hampered search and rescue operation, which saw the Royal Canadian Air Force deploy a Hercules aircraft, was launched, and the crash site was soon located near Behchoko.

confirmed the pilots' deaths on Jan. 31.

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McKillop, according to the online post, started as a dispatcher at Air Tindi in 2016, and was later promoted to first officer on the King Air.

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McKillop died on his 28th birthday.

Since the campaign was launched on Feb. 1, donors have pitched in more than $25,000. The money is meant to lessen the financial burden of the McKillop family by covering funeral costs and travel costs.

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The GoFundMe initiative for Will Hayworth, launched on Feb. 5, has already amassed over $13,000.

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Hayworth was affectionately referred to as SA国际影视传媒淧rince Will,SA国际影视传媒� according to media reports, and came from a family of pilots.

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The cause of last week's fatal crash, which is being investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), likely won't be determined for months.

You can donate to both campaigns here:

Zach McKillop:  https://www.gofundme.com/memorial-for-zach-mckillop

Will Hayworth:  https://www.gofundme.com/in-memory-of-will-hayworth