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A Cessna airplane crashed in Algonquin Provincial Park Tuesday evening, killing the pilot and passenger, about eight hours after violating protected airspace in Ottawa during the Remembrance Day ceremony.
Authorities say the pilot of the small plane grew disoriented and ran out of fuel before he could find a safe place to land. Capt. Dave Bowes of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton said the pilot and his passenger — both men in their 20s — were killed.
A Transport Canada incident report shows the pilot issued a mayday call before the crash, reporting that he was lost and low on fuel. The plane went down in a section of the park northeast of Haliburton.
Capt. Alexandre Cadieux said the plane was found after a Hercules aircraft sent to the area with a Griffin helicopter from Canadian Forces Base Trenton picked up an emergency signal early Wednesday.
Officials said the plane, a two-place Cessna 150, was flying from Rockcliffe Airport to Buttonville, north of Toronto, where it had originated.
“He was airborne and lost near Bancroft. Initially, he thought he was near (Lake) Simcoe, but he was lost and low on fuel,” Bowes said. “They were disoriented, flying at night with — I would expect — a little amount of flight experience.”
Wreckage of a missing Cessna 150 was found in Algonquin Park on Wednesday. The pilot and a passenger, both in their 20s, were killed.
That inexperience also raised alarm in Ottawa earlier in the day. According to a Transport Canada daily occurrence report, the same Cessna violated the protected airspace over Rideau Hall at 11:44 a.m. — during the latter stages of the Remembrance Day ceremony in downtown Ottawa.
The report said the pilot was flying 1,400 feet while making an approach to a runway at Rockcliffe Airport, maintained by the Rockcliffe Flying Club. No action was taken by authorities.
The Transportation Safety Board is now investigating the circumstances of Tuesday’s crash in Algonquin Park.
The company that owns the plane, Fly Block Time, said the aircraft was “fully serviceable and airworthy” and equipped for night flight.
Fully fuelled, the plane could fly for about four and a half hours, the company said in a statement.
With files from Vito Pilieci and The Canadian Press
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Authorities say the pilot of the small plane grew disoriented and ran out of fuel before he could find a safe place to land. Capt. Dave Bowes of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton said the pilot and his passenger — both men in their 20s — were killed.
A Transport Canada incident report shows the pilot issued a mayday call before the crash, reporting that he was lost and low on fuel. The plane went down in a section of the park northeast of Haliburton.
Capt. Alexandre Cadieux said the plane was found after a Hercules aircraft sent to the area with a Griffin helicopter from Canadian Forces Base Trenton picked up an emergency signal early Wednesday.
Officials said the plane, a two-place Cessna 150, was flying from Rockcliffe Airport to Buttonville, north of Toronto, where it had originated.
“He was airborne and lost near Bancroft. Initially, he thought he was near (Lake) Simcoe, but he was lost and low on fuel,” Bowes said. “They were disoriented, flying at night with — I would expect — a little amount of flight experience.”
Wreckage of a missing Cessna 150 was found in Algonquin Park on Wednesday. The pilot and a passenger, both in their 20s, were killed.
That inexperience also raised alarm in Ottawa earlier in the day. According to a Transport Canada daily occurrence report, the same Cessna violated the protected airspace over Rideau Hall at 11:44 a.m. — during the latter stages of the Remembrance Day ceremony in downtown Ottawa.
The report said the pilot was flying 1,400 feet while making an approach to a runway at Rockcliffe Airport, maintained by the Rockcliffe Flying Club. No action was taken by authorities.
The Transportation Safety Board is now investigating the circumstances of Tuesday’s crash in Algonquin Park.
The company that owns the plane, Fly Block Time, said the aircraft was “fully serviceable and airworthy” and equipped for night flight.
Fully fuelled, the plane could fly for about four and a half hours, the company said in a statement.
With files from Vito Pilieci and The Canadian Press
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