News Items tag as: plane crash 2016

Investigators say no distress call made in fatal Cessna crash
October 16, 2016 - 9:30 AM

KELOWNA - The Cessna Citation crash that claimed the life of four people including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, Dr. Ken Gellatly, pilot Jim Kruk, and one passenger not yet named by Canadian Press, is now in the field phase of the investigation.
UPDATE: Former Alberta premier dead in plane crash near Kelowna
October 14, 2016 - 4:28 PM

KELOWNA - An aircraft carrying former Alberta premier Jim Prentice and three other people crashed into a heavily wooded area near Lake Country shortly after takeoff last night, killing everyone on board.
One dead, one injured in Clinton plane crash
June 16, 2016 - 10:21 PM

CLINTON - Police say one man is dead and another injured in a small craft plane crash this afternoon.
'Fuel starvation' likely reason plane forced to land near Beaverdell
June 03, 2016 - 5:09 PM

KELOWNA - Fuel starvation or exhaustion is the likely cause of a forced landing by a light plane into a tree farm east of Kelowna on Tuesday night, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Pilot seriously injured after ultralight crash in Kamloops
February 05, 2016 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS — A local man is recovering from serious injuries after the ultralight plane he was flying crashed on a frozen lake earlier this week.
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House of Commons debate over Kelowna housing data reveals the art of the spin
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Investigators say no distress call made in fatal Cessna crash