The Prime Minister’s comments followed Sunday’s deadly crash in Kamloops, B.C., when one of the Snowbirds’ Tutor jets crashed into a residential neighbourhood shortly after takeoff
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds jets are seen in the background as a woman pays her respects at a makeshift memorial in Kamloops, B.C., on May 18, 2020.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are “very good questions” being asked about the safety of the Snowbirds, but that the government will wait for an investigation before making any decisions on next steps for the military’s aerobatic team.
Military public-affairs officer Capt. Jennifer Casey was killed while Capt. Rich MacDougall, who was piloting the aircraft, sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries.The crash was the second for the Snowbirds since October, which has raised questions about whether the two incidents are related to the aerobatic team’s 57-year-old Tutor planes.
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