Plane crash kills passenger, critically injures pilot in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Que.
A 22-year-old man was killed and the 29-year-old pilot was seriously injured after the small plane they were flying crashed right after takeoff in Quebec’s Chaudière-Appalaches region Sunday.
Plane crashed next to Highway 20 shortly after takeoff, police say
A 22-year-old man was killed and the 29-year-old pilot was seriously injured after the small plane they were flying crashed in Quebec's Chaudière-Appalaches region just after 6 p.m. Sunday.
The two-seater plane crashed just off Highway 20, near the Saint-Jean-Port-Joli airport, shortly after take-off, said provincial police.
The passenger died in hospital. The pilot is expected to survive.
The plane was a Pitts Special, typically used for aerobatics.
Provincial police set up a perimeter around the site, and Monday, police and federal Transportation Safety Board investigators were still on the scene.
Airport officials have declined to comment on the incident.
With files from Radio-Canada and La Presse canadienne