Signage for the Steinbach South Airport which is in close proximity to the scene of a crash involving two aircraft near Steinbach, Man., Tuesday July 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Republished July 08, 2025 - 12:53 PM
Original Publication Date July 08, 2025 - 9:56 AM
STEINBACH — Two people are dead after two single-engine planes crashed in mid-air south of Steinbach, Man.
Adam Penner, president of Harv's Air pilot training school, says the two were students and were practising takeoffs and landings in small Cessna planes this morning.
He says the two appear to have tried to land at the same time and collided a few hundred metres away from the small runway.
He says the planes are equipped with radios, but it appears the two pilots didn't see each other.
RCMP are releasing few details, but say the pilots were pronounced dead at the scene, and there were no passengers.
Penner says many of the students are from other countries and everyone at the school is like family.
Mohamed Shahin, an instructor at the school, says he knew the students and says today is a heartbreaking day.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 8, 2025.
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