Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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Volume 55 • Issue 38
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Plane crash in Thompson injures eight TALKING HOMELESSNESS WITH THE HOMELESS NEWS - PAGE 2
GO GO EARTH RANGERS! VISIT THOMPSON SCHOOLS! NEWS - PAGE 3
RIDING BICYCLES TO CELEBRATE LIFE NEWS - PAGE 6 Photo courtesy of Transportation Safety Board of Canada A Navajo Chieftain aircraft crashed in Thompson on Sept. 15. Eight people were taken to hospital to be treated for injures. BY MOLLY GIBSON KIRBY experiencing problems. Six MOLLY@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET
THERE IS SUCH THING AS A FREE SKATING LESSON SPORTS - PAGE 8
A small plane on its way to Winnipeg from Thompson crashed near the runway on Sept. 15, just before 7 p.m. The plane, a Navajo Chieftain aircraft, left Thompson but turned around shortly after
passengers and the two pilots of the Keystone Flight 408 were able to exit the aircraft and were all taken to hospital. Three of the passengers were then taken to the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. The plane may have been filled with jet fuel, when in
fact the aircraft should have been fi lled with Avgas instead by the aircraft refuelers, states the Keystone Air Service Ltd. press release. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says investigators arrived at the site of the crash on Sept. 16, in the evening. During the investigation on Sept. 17,
investigators conducted an exhaustive site examination and photographed the aircraft and the location. The board also says they will be looking into pilot training records as well as aircraft maintenance records. In a statement from Premier Greg Selinger, he said that three of the plane
passengers were employees of the Northern Airport and Marine operations, two worked for Manitoba Business Transformation and Technology, and one for Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. The plane crashed just less than 400 yards from the 381 highway.
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