2 people seriously injured in plane crash near Happy Valley-Goose Bay airport | 24CA News
Two individuals have been severely injured in a single-engine aircraft crash close to the 5 Wing Goose Bay airport in central Labrador.
A Joint Task Force Atlantic spokesperson says they acquired an emergency locator sign at 10:06 a.m. Wednesday and confirmed with the management tower there was a lacking civilian plane.
RCMP Cpl. Jolene Garland says officers are on the scene, within the woods about 5 kilometres from the airport in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Ambulance crews and members of Canadian Forces 444 helicopter squadron airlift two individuals injured in a small aircraft crash close to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Their aircraft went down within the woods, about 5 kilometres from the city’s airport.
Garland mentioned they do not consider the aircraft was a business airline flight.
In an e mail, 5 Wing public affairs officer Capt. Nicole Morrison mentioned 444 Squadron helps with “the medical transfer of passengers involved in the crash of a civilian aircraft that occurred on DND property.”
“5 Wing is responding in co-ordination with the RCMP and first responders,” she wrote.
The RCMP and Morrison each confirmed two individuals have been on board and have been airlifted by a 444 Squadron helicopter to a ready ambulance and brought to the hospital on the town to be handled for critical accidents.
Morrison later informed 24CA News 5 Wing has secured the crash website in anticipation of a Transportation Safety Board investigation.
