Two men dead after small plane crashes at northern Alberta airport

The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Mounties in Alberta say two men are dead after a small aircraft crashed in a northwestern community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

PEACE RIVER, Alta. — Mounties say two men are dead after a small plane crashed at an airport in a northwestern Alberta.

The plane went down Tuesday on the grounds of the Peace River Airport.

RCMP say a 30-year-old man who had been living Manning, Alta., and a 27-year-old resident of Australia died at the scene.

Mounties have said they believe the two were the only people on board the plane.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it has deployed a team of investigators to look into the crash.

RCMP are asking people to avoid the area.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2024.

The Canadian Press

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