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Crash!!
Jan 16, 2006 8:10:35 GMT -7
Post by Britbrat on Jan 16, 2006 8:10:35 GMT -7
VANCOUVER (CP) - There were no injuries or deaths when a plane crashed in a Vancouver suburb on Sunday afternoon.
In fact, there weren't even any crew or passengers aboard.
Police and paramedics were relieved to discover the accident in a field off Surrey's Fraser Highway was on a much smaller scale.
The aircraft was a 1.5-metre toy plane model.
"We sent all our cars down there thinking there was a small ultra-light or a small plane that had crashed but after going there we determined it was a model Cessna," says Cpl. Steven Han of the Surrey RCMP.
The owner of the-ill-fated plane told police engine problems lead to the plane coming down unexpectedly.
The field where the incident occurred is known to draw model-plane enthusiasts and their gadgets.
A woman and her young son called 911 after seeing a plane go down into a field near the Fraser Highway.
The incident lead to a flurry of media reports of a plane crash.
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Crash!!
Jan 17, 2006 8:16:48 GMT -7
Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on Jan 17, 2006 8:16:48 GMT -7
Damn those scale planes!
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Crash!!
Jan 19, 2006 15:17:15 GMT -7
Post by Britbrat on Jan 19, 2006 15:17:15 GMT -7
More to the story -- apparently it went into a cemetary. The body count so far is 167, & more fatalities are suspected.
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