In the northern reaches of Vancouver Island, a small plane crashed on Wednesday morning, resulting in minor injuries for the two occupants. Rescuers promptly airlifted the two individuals to the hospital for immediate medical attention.
The aircraft, which was a private de Havilland Beaver, experienced a terrain collision roughly 18 kilometres southwest of Campbell River, according to a representative from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. The single-engine, propeller craft carried only two passengers when it tragically plunged.
A seasoned investigator from the Transportation Safety Board had been assigned to the wreckage site and was anticipated to report by late Thursday morning, as disclosed by agency representative Liam MacDonald.
The site of the accident, as detailed by the Comox Valley Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), was a remote and forested region near Wolf Lake. The site was inspected by the Mounties, accompanied by a search and rescue team aboard a Cormorant helicopter from the 19 Wing Comox. The RCMP assured that injuries from the incident were not life-threatening.
As of now, the RCMP and the Transportation Safety Board are diligently striving to ascertain the crash’s causative factors. Their intensive investigation aims to fathom how and why the plane suddenly plummeted.
