Lt.-Col. Mike French, commanding officer of the Snowbirds, says the circumstances leading up to the crash on Sunday are still not known.
The commanding officer of the Snowbirds said Sunday’s crash was a worst-case scenario that became an “absolute worst nightmare.”
Speaking in Moose Jaw Monday, Lt.-Col. Mike French said the circumstances leading up to the crash are still not known.
A Snowbirds jet crashed shortly after takeoff in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday. Capt. Jenn Casey, a public affairs officer with the Snowbirds, died in the crash. The pilot, Capt. Richard McDougall, survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
“Yesterday’s circumstances led to the confluence of all those worst-case scenarios and it became our absolute worst nightmare,” Lt.-Col. French said at a media briefing.
The Snowbirds were doing a cross-country tour to raise people’s spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The crash caused a residential fire.
Lt.-Col. French described Casey