Aircraft crash and fire results in two fatalities

Tofino

2024-07-18 14:02 PDT

File # 2024-1115

Police are investigating after a report of an aircraft crash and fire resulted in the deaths of two people and serious injuries to a third.

On July 18, 2024, at 12:48 p.m., the Tofino RCMP received a report of a plane crash on a runway at the Long Beach Airport. Information is limited at this time but it appears that a small 6-seat aircraft may have suffered an engine fire during takeoff. One occupant was pulled from the plane and is being transported to hospital with serious injuries. The two other occupants have tragically died at the scene.

The Tofino RCMP is working with the Transportation Safety Board and BC Coroners Service to determine the causal factors of this incident.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Tofino RCMP at 250-670-9612.

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Email: kris.clark@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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