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Tim Hortons co-founder Ron Joyce is counting his blessings after his jet crashed in Nova Scotia on Sunday.
"I don't know what happened," he told reporters. "I'm just as happy as can be to be standing here talking to you."
Joyce, 77, invited media to the crash site at his exclusive Fox Harb'r resort in Cumberland County on Monday.
The previous afternoon, Joyce, his son and eight others were en route from Hamilton, Ont., when the jet attempted to land in high winds and touched down ahead of the airstrip. The landing gear collapsed and the plane slid to a stop about 300 metres later.
Two people were taken to hospital but there were no serious injuries.
"It's not that much different than an automobile accident, except it's not spectacular because it's an airplane," Joyce said.
He said he's very pleased no one was seriously hurt during this "awful experience," though he's heartbroken about the new Bombardier plane.
The RCMP has concluded its investigation, while the Transportation Safety Board continues to assess the crash. The TSB has recovered the flight data recorder, but says it's too soon to tell why the $30-million aircraft landed the way it did.
Joyce started the Tim Hortons coffee chain with NHL defenceman Tim Horton in the 1960s. He sold it to the Wendy's fast-food chain in 1995.
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