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Innocent Explanation For Strange, Circling Air Canada Flight South Of Victoria

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 17 Nov, 2016 12:51 PM
  • Innocent Explanation For Strange, Circling Air Canada Flight South Of Victoria
VICTORIA — An usual sight in the skies south of Victoria prompted curiosity and concern from some Vancouver Island residents.
 
Early Wednesday afternoon people reported seeing a low-flying Air Canada jet circling over the area for more than an hour.
 
Witness John Kelley said the airliner appeared to be followed by a fighter jet.
 
But Air Canada has a simple explanation for the sighting.
 
The company says the second plane was not a fighter jet but crew taking pictures of the Air Canada Rouge aircraft for a commercial.
 
The low and twisting flight path allowed the crew to capture the plane and the spectacular scenery of the southern Gulf Islands in the same shot. 

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