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Investigators remove engine of plane that crashed in Argyle.
Tuesday, March 9th 2010
The Transportation Safety Board is still assessing information relating to the crash of a small plane in Yarmouth county Sunday.
The pilot of the four-seat Cessna 172 was forced to make an emergency landing on the Camp Cove Wharf Road in Argyle Sunday afternoon after experiencing some kind of mechanical trouble.
The 26 year old pilot remains in a Halifax hospital with serious head injuries.
The two passengers, employees of Environment Canada, suffered minor injuries. Mike Cunningham, Regional Manager of Air Safety for the Transportation Board of Canada tells CJLS News that there are still questions that need to be answered.
He says TSBC investigators came to Yarmouth yesterday and remove the aircraft's engine which will be tested.
Cunningham says "nothing stands out right now."
Cunningham says the plane was chartered so the two passengers could conduct a bird survey and that may have been why the pilot landed where he did.
That's because that type of survey requires the pilot to fly at low altitudes.
"there's not a lot of time or options to th pilot."
Cunningham says the TSBC investigators spoke with the RCMP and reviewed witness reports.<< Back
