Passengers safe after plane belly lands in Bloodvein
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WINNIPEG — Thirteen passengers emerged from a plane unscathed in Bloodvein First Nation on Friday after the landing gear failed to deploy and the pilot was forced to do a belly landing at the town’s airport.
The twin engine Piper Navajo Chieftain was en route from Ontario when the accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Neither the passengers, including nine adults and four infants, nor the pilot were injured.
Bloodvein (pop. 1,060) is located about 200 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified and the initial cause of the crash is believed to be pilot error.
The plane was operated by Superior Airways out of Red Lake, Ont.
All passengers were from the Ontario community of Pikangikum First Nation, about 100 kilometres north of Red Lake. They were travelling to Bloodvein for a church gathering.