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Former Alberta Premier killed in Lake Country plane crash

UPDATE (2:37 p.m. Saturday): The four victims have been identified. Click here for the updated story.

UPDATE (4:36 p.m.): RCMP held a police conference at 3:30 p.m. in Lake Country regarding the crash. RCMP were informed by airport authorities that a Citation plane that departed from the Kelowna International Airport and presumed to have crashed shortly after. Police officers and police dogs reached the crash site shortly after midnight.

It was confirmed that the damage was "catastrophic". The Coroner's Office will now be leading the recovery process and their staff will be on site soon.

UPDATE (10:30 a.m.): BC RCMP have officially confirmed that four people have died in a Oct. 13 plane crash near Lake Country.

“Our police officers and police dog reached the crash scene shortly after midnight, but unfortunately they were not able to locate any
survivors,” Corp. Dan Moskaluk said. “There was catastrophic damage at the crash site.”

The Cessna Citation aircraft left Kelowna airport bound for the Calgary area, but crashed shortly after takeoff, approximately four kilometres into a heavily wooded area north of Beaver Lake Road, east of Lake Country.

Authorities are now working to confirm the identities of those onboard the aircraft.

“Our priority is to first share information with the families of those individuals killed in this tragic crash,” said Moskaluk.

After next of kin is notified, information about the identities of those on board will be released publicly.

Officers at the scene are still working to secure the crash site, awaiting the arrival of the Transportation Safety Board.

The RCMP confirms it is also working with the BC Coroner’s Service.

UPDATE (10 a.m.): Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice is one of four people who were reportedly killed in a plane crash outside of Kelowna Thursday night.

<who> Photo Credit: Jim Prentice on Facebook.

Local politicians were quick to tweet out their condolences.

According to the Transportation Safety Board, their investigators are on the way to Kelowna to collect data from the scene of the crash. They will be reviewing the aircraft maintenance record and looking at the wreckage by Friday night to see if there needs to be a full investigation.

Original Story: RCMP and the Transportation Safety Board are investigating a plane crash that occurred near Lake Country on Thursday night.

On Oct. 13, just after 10 p.m., the Kelowna RCMP and Lake Country RCMP detachments were alerted by the Surrey Air Traffic Control Centre that they had lost contact with a citation jet after it took off from the Kelowna International Airport.

The aircraft was destined for Calgary.

“Several resources were immediately dispatched to the jet’s last known location,” said Corp. Dan Moskaluk, spokesperson for the RCMP in Southeast District. “RCMP investigators located the crash site approximately 4 km into a heavily wooded area north of Beaver Lake Road
east of Lake Country.”

The RCMP are still securing the crash site and awaiting the arrival of the Transportation Safety Board.

KelownaNow will provide updates as they become available.



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