The wreckage of a Piper PA-34-200T plane was being cleaned up and taken to Edmonton for further investigation Friday, the day after a student pilot and flying instructor were killed when it crashed west of Calgary.
Transportation Safety Board (TSB) staff are inspecting the engine and propellers for clues.
Investigators were at the crash site gathering evidence and also at the Springbank Air Training College (SATC), which owned the plane, collecting interviews on Friday.
The two men killed were an instructor and student from the school.
“The team today is going to focus on conducting quite a few interviews with eye witnesses but also with people associated with the operation of the aircraft,” TSB spokesperson Jon Lee said, referring to those at the SATC. “We will also be collecting information on the maintenance history of the aircraft and we are going to be hopefully getting in touch with the next of kin, as well.”
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The TSB said the team has not reached any conclusions yet because it is very early in the review. They expect to have an investigation update with factual information in approximately 30 to 60 days.
The SATC released a statement Thursday but didn’t respond to Global News requests for comment Friday.
“There are many questions to be answered and I plan to take it step by step to try to provide peace to the families and the greater aviation community,” president Jayme Hepfner said in a statement Thursday.
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