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1 seriously injured in plane crash at Metro Vancouver airport
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a small-aircraft crash at one of British Columbia’s busiest airports, with over 10,000 aircraft movements reported recently.
- Federal investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are deploying to British Columbia after a small aircraft accident Monday at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport in Metro Vancouver.
- Located about 40 kilometres east of downtown Vancouver, Pitt Meadows Regional Airport is a general aviation hub in the Lower Mainland that recorded more than 10,000 aircraft movements in January, according to Statistics Canada.
- Pitt Meadows RCMP have referred inquiries to the TSB, though Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue and the airport have not yet provided comments on the incident.
- No details have been released regarding the accident's circumstances, and authorities have not confirmed whether any injuries occurred during the crash.
- Determining the crash's cause remains the focus of the federal agency as investigators continue their site evaluation following the Monday event.
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TSB investigating small aircraft accident at Metro Vancouver airport – Energeticcity.ca
PITT MEADOWS — Federal investigators are deploying to British Columbia after an accident involving a small aircraft at an airport in Metro Vancouver. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says in a statement that the accident Monday happened at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport, a facility used for general aviation in the Lower Mainland. No details have been released on the circumstances surrounding the accident or if anyone was injured. Pitt Me…
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