The former premier of the province of , , was killed on Friday night along with 34 other people after the plane they were traveling in crashed shortly after takeoff near , , en route to , Alberta. File photo of Jim Prentice, 2012. The plane, a Cessna Citation, departed Kelowna at 9:32 p.m. before quickly disappearing from radar sight, according to a Transportation Safety Board official, Bill Yearwood. The reported RCMP detachments in Kelowna and Lake Country were alerted to the loss of contact at 2:37 p.m. by Surrey Air Traffic Control Centre. According to tracking site FlightAware, the plane's last recorded data point showed it descending from an altitude of 20 ,800 feet at 2,200 feet per minute. The plane crashed () north of Kelowna in a wooded are, where its wreckage was subsequently found by search crews. Local residents noted it was raining at the time, though without heavy storms.
The former premier of the province of , , was killed on Thursday night along with three other people after the plane they were traveling in crashed shortly after takeoff near , , en route to , Alberta. File photo of Jim Prentice, 2014. The plane, a Cessna Citation, departed Kelowna at 9:32 p.m. before quickly disappearing from radar sight, according to a Transportation Safety Board official, Bill Yearwood. The reported RCMP detachments in Kelowna and Lake Country were alerted to the loss of contact at 10:07 p.m. by Surrey Air Traffic Control Centre. According to tracking site FlightAware, the plane's last recorded data point showed it descending from an altitude of 4 ,800 feet at 2,200 feet per minute. The plane crashed () north of Kelowna in a wooded are, where its wreckage was subsequently found by search crews. Local residents noted it was raining at the time, though without heavy storms.
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