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Cause of Snowbirds crash won’t be known for weeks or months, commanding officer says | CBC News

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May 19, 2020
Cause of Snowbirds crash won’t be known for weeks or months, commanding officer says | CBC News

Lt.-Col. Mike French, commanding officer of the Snowbirds, says the circumstances leading up to the crash on Sunday are still not known.

A Snowbirds plane crashes near a house in Kamloops, B.C. Witnesses say the plane landed near the house and the pilot landed on a roof nearby. (Submitted by Elwood Delaney)

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

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