ÎLES-DE-LA-MADELEINE, Que. – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said initial assessments indicate the engines of the plane that crashed with Jean Lapierre on board were functioning at the time of the accident.
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The former federal cabinet minister, his wife, three of his siblings and both crew members died Tuesday when their aircraft crashed on its landing approach about three kilometres from an airport in Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
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Îles-de-la-Madeleine plane crash appears to be ‘approach and landing accident’: TSB
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Investigator Andre Turenne said a transport truck is expected to arrive at the scene Friday and that the wreckage will be examined as it is loaded.
He told a news conference Friday morning the process will take a few days, with the wreckage to be sent to a TSB laboratory in Ottawa for examination.
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Turenne also said the plane came to rest about 90 metres from the initial point of impact.
The TSB is hoping to produce its report within a year.
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