BC Plane Crash

• 2 dead after plane crashes into western Vancouver Island waters

  According to B.C. RCMP, four people were onboard a plane when it crashed Tuesday around 2 p.m. in the waters of Tahsis Inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2023
  
• Visual impediments led to 2021 float plane, water taxi collision in Tofino, B.C.: TSB report

  According to the TSB, neither the plane pilot nor the captain of the water taxi that crashed in Tofino Harbour in 2021 saw 'that their routes would conflict until it was too late.'

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2023
  
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• Plane pilot in serious condition after emergency landing near Qualicum Beach Airport

  The pilot, who was the only person on board the aircraft, was transported to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, RCMP said.

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2022
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• Safety board probes float plane crash that injured 6 in rugged area of southern B.C.

  The plane, operated by Tyax Air Services, went down Sunday in what the company says was an emergency landing at Lorna Lake.

  Traffic

  Jul 20, 2022
• One woman dies, another hurt after small plane crashes in Mission, B.C.

  A woman has died after a small plane crashed on a rural airstrip on the north end of Stave Lake in Mission, B.C., while another woman was injured. 

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2020
• Fatal plane crash on Gabriola Island, B.C., points to risk of disorientation, need for quick maintenance: TSB

  A private Piper Aerostar PA-60-602P aircraft crashed on the north end of the island on Dec. 10, 2019. Three people died in the crash.

  Jul 27, 2020
• 1 confirmed dead in plane crash on Vancouver Island found by search and rescue

  The plane was supposed to arrive in Courtenay on Saturday, but never arrived.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2019
• Fatal northern B.C. plane crash happened 3 hours into mapping flight, says TSB

  The Transportation Safety Board has released a photo and new information about the fatal crash.

  Canada

  May 9, 2019
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• No determination on cause of Prentice plane crash: Transportation Safety Board

  The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said without a flight recorder, there is no way to be sure what caused a plane crash that killed four people, including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2018
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• Jim Prentice’s friends Dr. Ken Gellatly, Sheldon Reid, also killed in BC plane crash

  An optometrist at a well-known Calgary eye care office has been identified as one of the victims in the plane crash that claimed the life of former Alberta premier Jim Prentice.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2016