A 54-year-old man has died and a 26-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital after a small plane crashed into a barn in Cape Breton in Nova Scotia on Saturday.
At about 6:50 p.m., Victoria County RCMP, Emergency Health Services and the Middle River Fire Department received a call that an ultra-light plane had crashed near West Side Middle River Rd. in Middle River, RCMP spokewoman Cpl. Angela Corscadden said.
She said the 54-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene while the 26-year-old man was transported to Halifax by LifeFlight.
Corscadden said a preliminary investigation revealed that the plane contained two male occupants and crashed into a barn shortly after take-off.
The investigation is in its early stages and few details are known at this time regarding the circumstances that led to the crash, she said.
The RCMP is leading the investigation and the Transportation Safety Board has also been notified.
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RCMP and the Transportation Safety Board are investigating a fatal plane crash in Cape Breton.
Saturday evening, just before 7 o'clock, first responders were called to the scene of an ultra-light plane crash in Middle River.
"At approximately 6:50 p.m. a
neighbour contacted 911 to advise of an ultra-light airplane crash. He
had observed that the plane had tried to take off from a field and hit a
barn," said Cpl. Angela Corscadden of the Nova Scotia RCMP.
Police say the plane, carrying a 54-year-old man and a 26-year-old man, crashed into a barn shortly after take off. The older man died at the scene. The younger man was airlifted to Halifax hospital.
Corscadden said both men live in Cape Breton.
Limited cell coverage in the area of the crash, was hampering communication between emergency responders Saturday.
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| Date: | 18-JUL-2015 |
| Time: | -18:50 |
| Type: | Ultralight |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Middle River, New Breton Island, Nova Scotia -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft impacted a farm structure shortly after takeoff at Middle River on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The airplane sustained unreported damage and one of two occupants onboard received fatal injuries. One occupant onboard the aircraft was seriously injured. Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=177934
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1300102-man-54-dies-after-ultra-light-plane-crashes-in-cape-breton
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/middle-river-plane-crash-that-killed-1-under-investigation-1.3159176