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applegrove

(118,606 posts)
Sun May 17, 2020, 04:37 PM May 2020

Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crashes in Kamloops, B.C. [View all]

Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crashes in Kamloops, B.C.


'The plane just did a cartwheel and fell right out of the sky,' witness says

CBC News · Posted: May 17, 2020 12:43 PM PT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/plane-crash-kamloops-1.5573930

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A Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crashed in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, the Department of National Defence confirmed to CBC News.

"This is a developing situation. Our number one priority at this time is determining the status of our personnel, the community and supporting emergency personnel," the department said in an email. 

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She said she watched one Snowbirds plane fly up and when the second one went after it, it appeared to catch on fire.

"The one plane continued and the other one, there was two puffs, it looked like puffs of smoke and one ... was a ball of fire," she said.

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Vibes to the pilots and their loved ones.

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