Two people dead in plane crash outside of Shaunavon, Sask.

By Brody Langager Global News

Posted September 20, 2022 11:12 am

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A Transportation Safety Board of Canada sign is seen at Ottawa International Airport on Sund. March 11, 2018. The Transportation Safety Board logo is seen in this undated handout. The wreckage of a Cessna float plane has been found in Strachan Bay, on British Columbia's central coast, less than two days after it crashed, killing all three aboard. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating an aircraft accident that occurred outside Shaunavon, Sask., and gave a more details on what happened.

The board said two people were killed in the crash on Sunday morning, adding that the Cessna 172 plane left Swift Current on a pipeline inspection flight with a destination of Estevan.

The board said the aircraft crashed six nautical miles south-southwest of the town, and there was a post-impact fire.