Small plane crashes at Langley Airport
Langley
2023-05-02 15:42 HAP
Dossier nº 2023-14148
Under the Official Languages Act, this office provides services to the public in English only. You will find general information in both official languages at bc.rcmp.ca and www.rcmp.ca
Aux termes de la Loi sur les langues officielles, ce bureau n'offre des services au public qu'en anglais. Vous trouverez des renseignements généraux dans les deux langues officielles au cb.grc.ca et www.grc.ca.
Just after 3:00 pm, the Langley RCMP received numerous 911 calls reporting a plane had gone down at the Langley Airport. BC Emergency Health Services, Township of Langley Fire and Langley RCMP responded and confirmed that a small plane had crashed.
The investigation is in its early stages and the causes have yet to be determined. It is known the plane was occupied by the pilot and a passenger. Both have been transported by air ambulance to hospital.
A pickup truck traveling east along 216th Street, bordering the airport, was struck as the plane was coming down. The driver of the vehicle has been taken to hospital in ground ambulance.
Emergency personnel remain on scene and the Transportation Safety Board has been contacted.
Further updates will be made available as the investigation dictates.
Anyone with information that might assist with this investigation is asked to call Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200.
Diffusé par :
Cap. Craig van Herk
Agent des relations avec les médiasGRC de Langley
22180, avenue 48A, Langley (C.-B.) V3A 8B7
Bureau : 604 532-3231
Cellulaire : 778-987-4931
Télécopieur : 604-532-3365
Courriel :
craig.vanherk@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Site Web : langley.rcmp-grc.gc.ca
(en anglais seulement)
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