Two men dead after small plane crashes at northern Alberta airport

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PEACE RIVER, Alta. - Mounties say two men are dead after a small plane crashed at an airport in a northwestern Alberta.

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This article was published 04/09/2024 (457 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

PEACE RIVER, Alta. – Mounties say two men are dead after a small plane crashed at an airport in a northwestern Alberta.

The plane went down Tuesday on the grounds of the Peace River Airport.

RCMP say a 30-year-old man who had been living Manning, Alta., and a 27-year-old resident of Australia died at the scene.

The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Mounties in Alberta say two men are dead after a small aircraft crashed in a northwestern community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Mounties in Alberta say two men are dead after a small aircraft crashed in a northwestern community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Mounties have said they believe the two were the only people on board the plane.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it has deployed a team of investigators to look into the crash.

RCMP are asking people to avoid the area.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2024.

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