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CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
Second pilot identified in fatal Manitoba mid-air crash
Savanna May Royes has been identified as the second pilot that died in a mid-air crash near Steinbach, Man. on July 8, 2025. (GoFundMe) The second pilot in a fatal mid-air crash in Manitoba has been identified. CTV News has confirmed that Savanna May Royes from Ontario was flying the other plane when it was involved in the crash near Steinbach earlier this week. A GoFundMe says Savanna was 20 years old, and her father was a career helicopter pilot. The second pilot had been identified as Sreehari Sukesh of India, according to the Consulate General of India in Toronto. The crash took place Tuesday near Steinbach, just south of the runway at Harv's Air, a flight school. Harv's Air owner Adam Penner said Tuesday the pilots were practicing routine takeoffs and landings at the time of the collision. The Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. -With files from CTV's Kristen Yu and Jeff Keele.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Student pilot from India identified as 1 of 2 killed in southern Manitoba mid-air plane crash
One of the two victims of a Tuesday mid-air crash in southern Manitoba has been identified as a young student pilot from India. The consulate general of India in Toronto identified the victim as Sreehari Sukesh. In a social media post on Wednesday, the consulate said it is in contact with his family, the flying school where he was a student and police to provide any needed assistance. The consulate did not indicate Sukesh's exact age. The other victim was identified as 20-year-old Savanna May Royes, a Canadian citizen who had always dreamed of becoming a pilot, following in the footsteps of her father, according to a statement from her family. The bodies of the two student pilots were recovered in the wreckage of their single-engine planes after both crashed mid-air on Tuesday morning near Steinbach, roughly 50 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg. The students collided when approaching a landing strip while practising takeoffs and landings, said Adam Penner, president of Harv's Air, the flying school where both pilots had been training. The Transportation Safety Board, the agency responsible for investigating aviation incidents in Canada, said it is gathering information and assessing the fatal crash.
CBC
5 days ago
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- CBC
Student pilot from India identified as 1 of 2 killed in southern Manitoba mid-air plane crash
One of the two victims of a Tuesday mid-air crash in southern Manitoba has been identified as a young student pilot from India. The consulate general of India in Toronto identified the victim as Sreehari Sukesh. In a social media post on Wednesday, the consulate said it is in contact with his family, the flying school where he was a student and police to provide any needed assistance. The consulate did not indicate Sukesh's exact age. The other victim was identified as 20-year-old Savanna May Royes, a Canadian citizen who had always dreamed of becoming a pilot, following in the footsteps of her father, according to a statement from her family. The bodies of the two student pilots were recovered in the wreckage of their single-engine planes after both crashed mid-air on Tuesday morning near Steinbach, roughly 50 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg. The students collided when approaching a landing strip while practising takeoffs and landings, said Adam Penner, president of Harv's Air, the flying school where both pilots had been training.
CTV News
6 days ago
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- CTV News
Two dead after planes collide near Steinbach: RCMP
The RCMP logo is seen at a news conference on June 24, 2023, in St. John's. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Two people have died following a mid-air crash between two planes near Steinbach, Man., Tuesday morning. According to RCMP, officers were notified of the crash at 8:45 a.m. in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. RCMP, fire department and emergency medical services responded and found the wreckage of two small, single-engine aircraft south of Steinbach. RCMP said the two pilots of the planes were pronounced dead at the scene. There were no passengers on board either plane. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified.
