Pilot dead after plane crashes at airport near Calgary

Linda Nguyen , Canwest News Service Published: Monday, June 09, 2008 A 55-year-old man is dead after a small plane experienced landing problems and crashed at the Springbank airport near Calgary Monday. The two-seater white plane crashed into a gully between two runways at the small airport, located about 25 kilometres from Calgary, just after 10 a.m. local time, according to Jory Jenson, a station officer for Cochrane Emergency Medical Services. The EMS dispatch centre received a call about a confirmed plane crash at 10:17 a.m. Two ambulances were dispatched to the airport, mainly used by flight schools and as an alternative to the Calgary airport. The male pilot, from the Calgary area, was pronounced dead at the scene by Cochrane paramedics, Jenson said. There were no other passengers on the plane. The pilot has been... [read full story]