Close Call
By Canadian Press. Last updated: 2010-07-31 10:51:04
R-C-M-P say a small plane that crashed into the backyard of a home in central Nova Scotia today narrowly missed striking a row of homes. The two-seater plane, an American Champion Explorer headed to Ontario ,came down around 7 a.m. It crashed shortly after taking off from a private airstrip in Valley, near Truro. Police say it was foggy at the time of the crash. Witnesses said they heard the plane's single engine sputtering before it plunged to the ground. Staff Sergeant Jay McInnis says the plane crashed about 70 metres from the closest homes. When emergency crews arrived at the scene , only a few hundred metres from the airstrip , the pilot and his lone passenger had already walked away from the wreckage. The 60-year-old pilot was taken to hospital to be treated for cuts to his head and face. His 51-year-old passenger was also taken to hospital but was later released.
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