According to the Transportation Safety Board, two people have died after a plane crash on Sunday near the Town of Shaunavon. The federal agency said that a Cessna 172 took off from Swift Current on Sunday morning, headed to Estevan for a pipelined inspection. The plane crashed over 11 kilometres south-southwest of Shaunavon. Officials say […]
The lone pilot of a plane which had sent out a distress beacon on Tuesday morning was found dead at the scene on Thursday. He was an 84 year old man from Rosthern. Slave Lake RCMP were alerted around 11:30 Tuesday morning, and were told the beacon came from about 11 kilometres northeast of Slave […]
Two men are dealing with serious injuries after a single plane crash northwest of Archerwill on Saturday. Greenwater RCMP, along with Tisdale Fire, Archerwill First Responders, Rose Valley and Naicam EMS, Shamrock Ambulance ACP Rover from Wadena and STARS air ambulance were all called to the scene. The two occupants of the plane were trapped […]
OTTAWA– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that Canada expects to be fully involved in the investigation into Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, which Iran has admitted its military shot down after mistaking it for a hostile target. Trudeau says the admission of guilt is a positive sign Iran […]
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A plane with 98 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday in Kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people, Kazakh officials said. There were 54 people hospitalized with injuries, at least 10 of them in critical condition. The cause of the crash in the Central Asian nation was unclear, but authorities were […]
West Wind Aviation is being sued by a passenger on one of their planes that crashed while attempting to leave Fond-du-Lac in December 2017. David Opper of Brantford, Ontario says he sustained “lasting physical and emotional damages” as a result of the crash. He filed a statement of claim in Regina Court of Queen’s Bench […]
MEDICINE HAT — The Transportation Safety Board says a pilot of a small plane that crashed in southeastern Alberta, killing all three people on board, had an expired student pilot permit. Justin Filteau, 26, a former Hilltops and University of Saskatchewan Huskies football player and judo competitor, was killed along with two family friends. The […]
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says seven people died in a small plane crash Wednesday night. The plane was heading from the Toronto area to the airport in Kingston when it crashed in a wooded area a few kilometres from landing. The plane was a six-seater with one pilot. The TSB is looking at […]
An investigation is underway after a small plane with three men on board crashed near the community of Irvine, Alberta which is 35 kilometers east of Medicine Hat near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border. The plane took off from the Medicine Hat airport Saturday night around 10:15 heading to Moose Jaw, but it never arrived. The plane […]
