Apparently bad weather was a factor - icing perhaps?
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MONTREAL, Dec. 10 (UPI) – Three bodies and a survivor were pulled from the wreckage of a light aircraft Thursday after it crashed in bad weather in south-central Quebec Wednesday night.
The Canadian military received a distress call from the Beechcraft King Air 100 owned by Exact Air around 10:45 p.m., the National Post reported.
The small plane went down in bad weather in a heavily forested area near St. Honore, 140 miles north of Quebec City, officials said.
Canadian military, Quebec provincial police and volunteers scoured the area for hours before finding the wreckage early Thursday. Soldiers were parachuted onto the scene, reports said.
The plane took off from Val D’Or and was bound for St. Honore, officials said.
There was no immediate report on the condition of the survivor and also no indication of what caused the twin turbo-prop plane to crash.
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MONTREAL – Three people have died and another person is in the hospital following the crash of a small plane in a forested area of Saguenay.
Canadian Forces Base Trenton received a distress call from the plane at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, police say.
A military plane, Quebec provincial police officers and volunteers searched the area for several hours before finding the accident site early Thursday morning.
The plane had set off from Val d’Or, Que., and was nearing the St. Honore, Que., airport when the accident occurred, police say.
The airport, operated by Transport Quebec, accommodates passenger and freight traffic in the Saguenay-Lac St. Jean region.
LCN reports the downed plane was a Beechcraft King Air 100, belonging to Exact Air. The St. Honore-based company operates a flying school and charter service and has a contract to help detect forest fires.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
The airport is about 220 kilometres north of Quebec City.
Two pax were “IAMGOLD” corp. employees - both reported as “non life-threatening injuries”.
IAMGOLD Press Release