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Small Plane Crash At Airport North Of Montreal Leaves Pilot Dead, Boy, 9, Injured

Darpan News Desk, 29 Dec, 2015 01:11 PM

One man is dead and a nine-year-old boy is still in hospital following the crash of a small plane near Mascouche airport, northeast of Montreal.

Police say they were the only two people on the plane when it crashed late Monday afternoon.

The 40-year-old man died after being taken to hospital.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent investigators to the site.

The TSB describes the plane as a Mooney M20K.

Police are assisting in the investigation.

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