One man is dead and a woman has serious injuries after this week’s plane crash in Labrador.
The privately-owned plane crashed near the airport in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Wednesday morning. NTV’s Marykate O’Neill reports.
A 52-year-old man from Switzerland, who was an occupant of a small plane that crashed in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Wednesday morning, died in hospital late that afternoon.
The aircraft’s other occupant, a 45-year-old woman also from Switzerland, remains in serious condition. Police say the personally-owned aircraft departed Nashua, New Hampshire earlier this week.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is engaged.
Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP continues to work in consultation with the Transportation Safety Board and the investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.
A small, private plane crashed near the airport in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this morning.
Two people were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the plane went down about three miles from the airport.
Police were called to the crash site on dnd property around 10:30 a.m this morning. A man and a woman were the only people on board the piper pa-46 aircraft.
A combat support squadron was also activated to help with the medical transfer. The two passengers were airlifted to the Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay with serious injuries.
The scene of the crash has been secured. The Transportation Safety Board is deploying a team to investigate the cause of the crash.
A plane crashed near the airport in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Wednesday morning, RCMP confirmed.
Cpl. Jolene Garland says it was a small aircraft that was not a commercial airline flight. Capt. Nicole Morrison of 5 Wing Goose Bay says 444 Combat Support Squadron was activated to support the medical transfer of two passengers of a civilian aircraft that crashed on Department of National Defence property.
“The two passengers have been transferred to the civilian health care centre,” Morrison said in a statement. “5 Wing has secured the crash site in anticipation of the Transportation Safety Board investigation.”
