Two people are dead after a small plane crashed in central Alberta, according to RCMP.
A police spokesperson told Global News on Wednesday that Mounties from the Didsbury RCMP detachment were called to the scene near Township Road 312 and Range Road 285 at 4:51 p.m.
They said the victims were a 69-year-old man and a 65-year-old man. Police said there were no reports of anyone else on board.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada tweeted Wednesday evening that it “has a team of investigators following an ultralight aircraft incident near Didsbury.”
“TSB will gather information and assess the event.”
RCMP said firefighters were also called to the scene.
At 5.12pm, STARS Air Ambulance tweeted that one of its helicopters had been sent to an “emergency call to the scene” in the Didsbury area.
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Didsbury is about 80 kilometers north of Calgary.
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