Langley Advance February 11 2011

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Gwendolyn Lawton’s parents, Bill and Irene Reitz, came to court to hear the sentencing of Aldergrove’s Davey Mato Butorac, the man who killed their daughter. Lawton’s mother Irene, right, brought a framed photo of her daughter to court. Butorac won’t be able to apply for parole for 23 years. See story page A3.

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A Langley pilot is one of the two men who died in Wednesday’s plane crash near Mission. Pilot Donn Hubble, 60, of Langley and passenger Patrick Lobsinger, 70, of Surrey were killed after their blue Cessna plunged into the Nicomen Island Slough near the 38800 block of the Lougheed Highway. The other aircraft, containing 57-year-old pilot Paul Knapp of Pitt Meadows, landed safely in a nearby field. Mission RCMP Sgt. Miriam Dickson said Lobsinger, who was underwater for some time, perished at the scene. Hubble was airlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital, but later succumbed to his injuries. “Right now we’re really in sup-

port phase at the airport,” said Guy Miller, the Langley Regional Airport deputy manager. “We’ve gotten a lot of calls from wellwishers and sympathizers.” He said any memorials or special events will only take place if the family wishes it. The planes were based at the Langley airport. Four aircraft, with six people on them, were being used for practice flying when the accident occurred. “They were doing some practice formation flying,” Miller explained. Miller said the aviators would get together and practise their flying every few weeks, and do things such as fly-pasts at Remembrance Day events, but it was not a formal flying group. Both planes involved in the crash were Cessna 150s. The other two planes, a Piper and an L19, returned to the Langley airport unharmed. Federal officials are investigating to determine the cause. “We’ve already sat down with the Transportation Safety Board,” Miller said.

He added that everyone in the close-knit flight community is affected by this tragedy. “They’re all known here in the community,” Miller said. The crash occurred around 4:15 p.m. on Feb. 9 when the two planes clipped one another. “They were flying with two other planes… and doing different formations,” Dickson said. “One did a right turn and their

wings clipped.” There were reports of debris from one of the planes falling from the sky and bursting into flames. Rick Dekker, chief of the North Fraser Volunteer Fire Department, said firefighters arrived on scene to find that two motorists had already waded out to the plane through the waist-high water.

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One of two Cessnas taking part in flight practice crashed into the Nicomen Slough. The Langley pilot and passenger from Surrey died.


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