A report says a close look at video footage of the plane just before the crash showed a bird very close to the plane’s right engine intake ‘during the critical phase of take-off’
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds jets are seen in the background as Canadian flags and a sign are attached to a fence at the Kamloops airport, in Kamloops, B.C., on May 18, 2020.The Royal Canadian Air Force says it’s focusing on a bird strike as the reason a Snowbird plane crashed in British Columbia last month.
The crash near Kamloops killed air force Capt. Jenn Casey, a public-affairs officer riding as a passenger, and seriously injured the pilot.Though the plane crashed in a populated area, nobody on the ground was badly injured.
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