Four die in a small plane crash in northern Ontario reserve

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Four died in a small plane crash outside a remote fly-in First Nations reserve in northern Ontario. The Piper PA 31 Navajo plane took off from Winnipeg and it crashed Tuesday morning inside the community, near the airport.

“At this point, we really don’t know what happened,” said John Cottreau, spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. “We’re deploying a team of two investigators and they should be there tomorrow.”

According to Maggie Kakegamic, a band councillor from the North Spirit Lake reserve, injured people are receiving medical care at a local clinic. She says the plane was carrying five people, including a band worker based in Winnipeg.

A resident of the reserve, Eric Feldman, said community members who witnessed the crash rushed to rescue. “We don’t have any emergency equipment here, so they used whatever they could,” he said. “Everything is shut down and people are just devastated.”

According to Shayne Rae, a volunteer at the North Spirit Lake Band Council, his cousin was one of the four killed. He said: “I just don’t understand why the plane was coming in this weather. Right around the time when it was supposed to land, we had a blizzard.”

The occupants had all formerly lived in Winnipeg or North Spirit Lake. The plane is operated by Keystone Air from St. Andrews, Man.

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