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Canada plane crash on Quebec island kills several | Canada plane crash on Quebec island kills several |
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Seven people have died after a small private plane crashed on an island off the east coast of Quebec. | |
Authorities said the plane crashed as it approached Iles-de-la-Madeleine Airport amid heavy winds and snow. | Authorities said the plane crashed as it approached Iles-de-la-Madeleine Airport amid heavy winds and snow. |
Jean Lapierre, a broadcaster and former Canadian transport minister, was one of the seven passengers on the plane, local TV channel TVA reported. | |
Mr Lapierre worked as a political analyst for CTV and other Canadian media outlets. | |
He also severed as a member of parliament from 1979 to 1993 and again from 2004 to 2007. | |
Officials with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are en route to Havre aux Maisons Island in the Magdalen Islands to determine the cause of the crash. | |
The twin-engine turboprop plane departed from Montreal's St Hubert Airport. | The twin-engine turboprop plane departed from Montreal's St Hubert Airport. |