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UPDATE: Pilot walks away from ultra-light plane crash in Salmon Arm
The pilot of an ultra-light plane that crashed in Salmon Arm while taking off from…
iN PHOTOS: Sun rises behind plane spraying for invasive moth in Kamloops
A plane spraying a biological insecticide could be seen flying over Kamloops neighbourhoods at the…
Wreckage of missing plane that took off from Penticton found near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE – Police say the wreckage of a missing plane that took off from Penticton…
Pilot dies in ultralight plane crash in Enderby
ENDERBY – A 71-year-old Salmon Arm man was killed in an ultralight plane crash in…
Pilot’s near miss with drone in Vernon prompts warning
VERNON – The City of Vernon is reminding people not to use drones or model…
UPDATE: Former Alberta premier dead in plane crash near Kelowna
KELOWNA – An aircraft carrying former Alberta premier Jim Prentice and three other people crashed…
Intense mock search and rescue exercise with RCAF at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS – Extinguishing fires, parachuting search and rescue technicians and the jaws of life were…
Minor injuries after small plane crashes in Vernon
VERNON - One person suffered from minor injuries after a plane leaving from the Vernon Regional Airport had to make a forced landing, the City of Vernon says. The small airplane took off shortly after 3:30 p.m. today, Dec. 23, with a pilot and a passenger and climbed to 300 feet before the pilot noticed...
Vernon father and son killed in tragic plane crash loved to soar
VERNON - A father and son from Vernon died doing something they both loved: going ‘wheels up’. Brad Chapman, 56, learned to fly in his 40s and passed that passion onto his oldest son, Florian, 26, who got his pilot’s license as a teenager. As key principals in the Chapman Group of Companies, flying offered...
UPDATE: Vernon men identified as victims of northeastern B.C. plane crash
VERNON - A Vernon construction company has been linked to a fatal plane crash in northeastern B.C. last week. A privately owned Cessna 207 was taking off from the Chapman gravel site in Baldonnel, about 15 kilometres south of Fort St. John of Friday, Oct.16, when it crashed and caught fire, leaving two people on...
Daily non-stop flights announced between Kelowna and Victoria
KELOWNA – Travelers to Vancouver Island now have a non-stop flight to Victoria out of Kelowna International Airport. Pacific Coastal Airlines announced the seven day a week service Tuesday, Aug. 15, saying it will benefit communities on the island as well as the Okanagan. Effective Oct. 27, the Saab 340 aircraft will depart YLW at...
Emergency crews respond to incident at Kelowna airport
KELOWNA - Emergency crews responded to an incident involving a small plane Monday afternoon at the Kelowna airport. The pilot of a private, two-seater aircraft experienced issues while on takeoff and veered off the runway, airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes says in a release. The runway was closed for approximately 40 minutes causing delays for two...
Engine failure possible cause of plane crash
VERNON - A mechanical failure may have sent a float plane crashing into the woods off Westside Road. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says early information is the plane’s engine failed. Residents in the area heard the plane go down near Six Mile Creek road off the west side of Okanagan Lake around 6:45 p.m. Monday....
Pilot of downed plane walks from crash site
VERNON - The pilot of a plane that crashed somewhere in the woods off Westside Road has been taken to hospital with undetermined injuries. Reports of a downed aircraft in the Six Mile Creek area on the west side of Okanagan Lake came in around 6:45 p.m. Monday. Emergency officials, and several nearby residents who...