Pitt Lake float plane crash kills 1
Plane appeared to be on a training run
CBC News
Posted: Oct 15, 2012 6:34 PM PT
Last Updated: Oct 16, 2012 10:33 AM PT
Rescue workers bring the remains of a plane crash victim to the dock in Pitt Lake Monday. (CBC)
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One person has been killed and another is in hospital with undetermined injuries after a small plane crashed into Pitt Lake, east of Vancouver just after 4:30 p.m. PT Monday.
The Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says the Cessna 172 had taken off shortly before the crash from the nearby Pitt Meadows airport. Initial indications are the float plane was on a training run at the time of the crash.
Captain Eric Niemi said the injured person was picked up by a pleasure boat that was on the lake at the time.
A rescue helicopter that was training in Squamish at the time then arrived and dropped a search and rescue technican into the water, who swam to the plane and pulled one body out.
It's unclear what caused the aircraft to go down, but Niemi said despite a light rain, flying conditions were good at the time. The Transportation Safety Board is expected to investigate the crash on Tuesday.
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