Canada Air Force Pilot Dies in Crash
November 28 2016 - 5:00PM
Dow Jones News
OTTAWA—A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot died Monday when a CF-18
jet fighter crashed while on a training mission in western Canada,
defense officials said.
Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan said it was too early "to make
any kind of judgments or conclusions" about what unfolded. He said
investigators were headed to the crash scene, near a military air
base in Cold Lake, Alberta, to gather details.
The pilot's name and age wasn't released. The air force said the
crash occurred just after 1 p.m. EST, and the pilot was from the
squadron based in Cold Lake, which is in eastern Alberta and near
the border with Saskatchewan.
"This is a very sad day for the Canadian air force," said Lt.
Gen. Michael Hood, commander of the air force, who was testifying
before a Canadian Senate committee when news of the pilot's death
emerged.
Canada's current fleet of CF-18 jet fighters is over 30 years
old and was down from 138 aircraft to 77. Last week, the Canadian
government said it would launch talks with Boeing Co. to buy 18
F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft as an interim measure in a planned
overhaul of the country's legacy CF-18 fleet.
Write to Paul Vieira at paul.vieira@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 28, 2016 16:45 ET (21:45 GMT)
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