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Canadian jet crashes during flyover for front-line coronavirus workers, killing 1 and setting a house ablaze
The Canadian Forces' Snowbirds planes are seen in the background as people place hearts and signs on the fence surrounding the airport in Kamloops, Canada, on Sunday. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press/AP)
By
Katie Shepherd
May 18, 2020 at 7:08 a.m. GMT-4
As two jets took off from an airport in British Columbia on Sunday morning, one suddenly peeled away from its partner. The plane turned sharply up and banked left off its course before flipping into a nose dive and spinning as it dropped from the sky.
The CT-114 Tutor belonged to the Canadian Forces’ Snowbirds, a demonstration squadron of jets that perform air shows akin to the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels, which had been flying across Canada in a tribute to front-line coronavirus workers. The demonstration to boost morale and support first responders, nurses, doctors and others turned deadly as the jet crashed Sunday, killing a crew member, seriously injuring the pilot and setting a nearby house ablaze.
Capt. Jennifer Casey was the crew member who died in the crash, the Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement Sunday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/18/canada-snowbird-crash/
The Canadian Forces' Snowbirds planes are seen in the background as people place hearts and signs on the fence surrounding the airport in Kamloops, Canada, on Sunday. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press/AP)
By
Katie Shepherd
May 18, 2020 at 7:08 a.m. GMT-4
As two jets took off from an airport in British Columbia on Sunday morning, one suddenly peeled away from its partner. The plane turned sharply up and banked left off its course before flipping into a nose dive and spinning as it dropped from the sky.
The CT-114 Tutor belonged to the Canadian Forces’ Snowbirds, a demonstration squadron of jets that perform air shows akin to the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels, which had been flying across Canada in a tribute to front-line coronavirus workers. The demonstration to boost morale and support first responders, nurses, doctors and others turned deadly as the jet crashed Sunday, killing a crew member, seriously injuring the pilot and setting a nearby house ablaze.
Capt. Jennifer Casey was the crew member who died in the crash, the Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement Sunday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/18/canada-snowbird-crash/
