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At least seven people were killed after a small plane crashed in a wooded area on the north shore of Lake Ontario, according to Canada’s transport safety agency on Thursday.
During a press briefing, Ken Webster, Transportation Safety Board (TSB) investigator SAID, “The US-registered single-engine Piper PA-32 plane departed Toronto’s Buttonville Airport and was apparently headed to Quebec City when it crashed on the approach path to the Kingston, Ontario airport on Wednesday just after 5 pm local time (2200 GMT).
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Emergency services, including police on all-terrain vehicles and a military search and rescue helicopter, were dispatched to locate the downed plane, which was found in an area that is hard to reach due to thick brush.
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“Five Americans and two Canadians were aboard,” TSB spokeswoman Nora Vallee told AFP.
They’ve said the plane left Markham, Ontario, and was destined for the Kingston airport, but went down just a few miles from its destination.
The pilot was from the state of Texas and the plane was carrying his girlfriend, three children aged three, 11 and 15 along with two Canadians, according to the Canadian media.
Government investigators were busy throughout the day “taking pictures of the wreckage, looking at the condition of the engines and the general condition of the aircraft,” TSB spokesman Alexandre Fournier told AFP.
They would also try to recover the plane’s flight recorder and review radio communications with control towers, he further added.
(With inputs from agency)
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