Plane crash

A plane crashed after hitting a pickup truck on 216th Street May 3 at the Langley Regional Airport. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

Low approach cause of fiery crash at Langley Airport: TSB

Report said weather, pilot health, and mechanical issues largely ruled out

 

Plane wreckage that made headlines this week when officials announced a hunter had stumbled on what police thought was a decades-old crash site in the B.C. Interior was actually placed there deliberately for training purposes. The wreckage is seen in a handout photo taken north of Kamloops, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Fred Carey **MANDATORY CREDIT**

B.C. plane wreck ‘verified’ by RCMP is revealed to be fake crash training site

Volunteer air safety group says it planted the fuselage there 2 years ago ‘at the most’

 

FILE - A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap, Wash., County Sheriff boat search an area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before, killing 10 people. On Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane to crash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Failure of single component caused fatal Washington seaplane crash: NTSB

Lawsuits have been filed in King County Superior Court by the family members of the victims

 

A small passenger plane crashed in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest Saturday, killing all 14 people on board, Amazonas state Gov. Wilson Lima announced.

Small plane crashes in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest; 14 people killed

The Brazilian air force sent a team from Manaus to collect information and preserve any evidence

A small passenger plane crashed in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest Saturday, killing all 14 people on board, Amazonas state Gov. Wilson Lima announced.
This image provided by Michelle Quezada a jet crashing during an air show on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. A pilot and crew member escaped serious injury when they ejected from a vintage jet that crashed officials said. (Michelle Quezada via AP)

2 hurt as former Soviet MiG-23 fighter plane crashes at US air show

Pilot noticed loss of power before crash of Cold War plane in Michigan

This image provided by Michelle Quezada a jet crashing during an air show on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. A pilot and crew member escaped serious injury when they ejected from a vintage jet that crashed officials said. (Michelle Quezada via AP)
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
An RCMP badge. Police in Chetwynd are looking for witnesses after a fatal plane crash over the weekend, on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (File photo/Phil McLachlan)

Pilot killed in small plane crash near northern B.C. lake

Chetwynd RCMP looking for witnesses

An RCMP badge. Police in Chetwynd are looking for witnesses after a fatal plane crash over the weekend, on Sunday, June 25, 2023. (File photo/Phil McLachlan)
Moments after a light plane crashed at Langley airport, a passer-by captured video of some Good Samaritans rescuing the two occupants of the plane. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

BREAKING: Plane crashes at Langley Airport; 3 injured

Three injured in crash of light plane just short of the runway

Moments after a light plane crashed at Langley airport, a passer-by captured video of some Good Samaritans rescuing the two occupants of the plane. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

One person hurt after RCMP plane crashes at Whitehorse airport

The airport was temporarily closed due to the crash and has since reopened

The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hovers over two law enforcement boats near the Venice Fishing Pier, Thursday morning, April 6, 2023, as emergency crews search a debris field in the Gulf of Mexico after a small airplane crash Wednesday night. The bodies of two men have been recovered just off Florida’s Gulf Coast, police said. (Mike Lang/Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP)

Police: 4 dead in plane crash off Florida’s Gulf Coast

Crash similar to one in the same area in December

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hovers over two law enforcement boats near the Venice Fishing Pier, Thursday morning, April 6, 2023, as emergency crews search a debris field in the Gulf of Mexico after a small airplane crash Wednesday night. The bodies of two men have been recovered just off Florida’s Gulf Coast, police said. (Mike Lang/Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP)
(Parksville Fire Department photo)

Carburetor icing possible factor in downed Qualicum plane that sent pilot to hospital

TSB report released on 2022 emergency landing that put plane in ditch near Qualicum Beach airport

(Parksville Fire Department photo)
North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney speaks in the House of Commons on Nov. 14. (Photo courtesy YouTube)

MP Rachel Blaney raises questions about weather stations after deadly plane crash

On the day of the accident there were six weather reporting stations that were not working

North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney speaks in the House of Commons on Nov. 14. (Photo courtesy YouTube)
Black Press Media file

Joint investigation underway into small plane crash off Northern Vancouver Island

The floatplane belonged to a company called Air Cab, based in Coal Harbour

Black Press Media file
Black Press Media file

3 people missing after float plane crash off northern Vancouver Island

The plane was hired by a company called Air Cab, based in Coal Harbour

Black Press Media file
Gene Lahrkamp of Trail, a fugitive who was wanted for the killing of Abbotsford gangster Jimi Sandhu in Thailand, was killed in a plane crash April 30 in Ontario.

2 wanted B.C. men died in Ontario plane crash due to inexperienced pilot, poor visibility

Investigations found that the plane was overloaded and the pilot was not certified to fly in the adverse conditions

Gene Lahrkamp of Trail, a fugitive who was wanted for the killing of Abbotsford gangster Jimi Sandhu in Thailand, was killed in a plane crash April 30 in Ontario.
Debris from two planes that crashed during an airshow at Dallas Executive Airport are shown in Dallas on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

UPDATE: 6 killed after vintage aircraft collide at Dallas air show

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra involved

Debris from two planes that crashed during an airshow at Dallas Executive Airport are shown in Dallas on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
In this handout photo taken from video released by Ostorozhno Novosty, flames and smoke engulf a building after a warplane crashed into a residential area in Yeysk, Russia, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. The Russian military says one of its warplanes crashed in the port of Yeysk on the Sea of Azov after experiencing engine failure. The Russian Defense Ministry said that a Su-34 bomber crashed into a residential area in Yeysk and caused a fire on Monday. (Ostorozhno Novosty via AP)

Russian warplane crashes into Russian city, killing 2, igniting apartment blaze

Su-34 bomber came down in the port city of Yeysk during a training mission, Russia says

In this handout photo taken from video released by Ostorozhno Novosty, flames and smoke engulf a building after a warplane crashed into a residential area in Yeysk, Russia, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. The Russian military says one of its warplanes crashed in the port of Yeysk on the Sea of Azov after experiencing engine failure. The Russian Defense Ministry said that a Su-34 bomber crashed into a residential area in Yeysk and caused a fire on Monday. (Ostorozhno Novosty via AP)
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds air demonstration team fly over the downtown skyline as part of the Celebration of Light fireworks festival, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The Snowbirds have been cleared for take off after a crash in B.C. last month forced the military’s famed aerobatics team to cancel appearances at several airshows. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Snowbirds allowed back in the air after probe finds oil filter caused latest crash

Military investigators say crash near Fort St. John caused by an improperly assembled oil filter

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds air demonstration team fly over the downtown skyline as part of the Celebration of Light fireworks festival, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The Snowbirds have been cleared for take off after a crash in B.C. last month forced the military’s famed aerobatics team to cancel appearances at several airshows. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A pair of U.S. Coast Guard vessels searches the area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered float plane crashed the day before. The plane was carrying 10 people and was en route from Friday Harbor, Wash., to Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Coast Guard ends search for 9 missing in floatplane crash

Plane went down Sunday off Whidbey Island, roughly 50 kilometres northwest of downtown Seattle

A pair of U.S. Coast Guard vessels searches the area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered float plane crashed the day before. The plane was carrying 10 people and was en route from Friday Harbor, Wash., to Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)
The Snowbirds are the military aerobatics flight demonstration team of the Royal Canadian Air Force. (Submitted photo)

Snowbirds pilot unharmed after crashing aircraft in Northern B.C.

Cause of crash at North Peace Regional Airport under investigation

The Snowbirds are the military aerobatics flight demonstration team of the Royal Canadian Air Force. (Submitted photo)