78-year-old man crashes plane into airport hangar north of Edmonton
A 78-year-old man crashed his plane into a hangar at an airport north of Edmonton on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (Darcy Seaton/CTV News Edmonton)
EDMONTON -
A 78-year-old man sustained serious injuries when he crashed a plane into a hangar in northern Alberta Monday morning.
Mounties say the pilot was practicing high-speed taxis on the runway from east to west in Westlock County at approximately 11 a.m. when in one attempt the plane took off and its nose hit the hangar.
John Biro, Westlock County manager of protective services, told CTV News Edmonton that the crash caused fuel to spill from the aircraft.
Fire crews foamed the hanger and area around it to minimize the danger of fumes building up and igniting, as they worked to extract the pilot.
The man, from Victoria, B.C., was taken to an Edmonton-area hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, police said.
No one else was injured.
Property damage is being assessed and the crash is under investigation.
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