NANAIMO — An investigation is underway after a fatal plane crash southwest of the city.
At approximately 2 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27, a small plane crashed in the backyard of a property on Twilight Way, off Nanaimo Lakes Rd., approximately eight kilometres west-northwest of Nanaimo Airport.
RCMP are in the early stages of their investigation and are unsure how many people were on board, noting however “there were no survivors.”
Dianne Wylie, a former flight attendant based out of Nanaimo, lives a few doors down from the property and told NanaimoNewsNOW on scene she woke up to the sound of the plane’s engine.
(Google Maps)“It was early in the morning, and I heard an old airplane sound…then it got louder and louder. I thought, ‘if that’s an airplane, he’s got to pick it up, because he’s gonna (crash)’ and then it went really loud, and then there was nothing, just silence.”
She said it’s not uncommon for cars to use the area to drive aggressively, which makes noise.
Typically, those noises fade in and out as cars come and go from the neighbourhood, which was unlike this incident.
“You heard it, and it kept coming down and down and down, and then it got really loud and I just thought, is it going to hit us? Then there was nothing.”
The Transportation Safety Board said in a statement to NanaimoNewsNOW they’re aware of the situation and were “working with all parties involved to gather information.”
Police block Twilight Way, off Nanaimo Lakes Rd. on Thursday morning. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)Subscribe to our daily news wrap. Local news delivered to your email inbox every evening. Stay up to date on everything Nanaimo and Oceanside.
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