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2 killed in plane crash in eastern Alberta
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa, Monday, May 1, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Two people died in a plane crash in eastern Alberta on Saturday.
The plane crashed shortly before 12:30 p.m. 1.2 kilometres short of the Vermilion Airport runway, according to local RCMP.
It had only two occupants: the pilot, a 46-year-old woman from Slave Lake, Alta., and a passenger, a 76-year-old man from Mannville, Alta.
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
