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Small plane crash south of Downtown Vancouver

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 30 Jun, 2023 03:36 PM
  • Small plane crash south of Downtown Vancouver

Details are sparse, but investigators with the Transportation Safety Board have been sent to an accident scene involving a small plane south of downtown Vancouver.

The accident at the Boundary Bay Airport involved a privately registered Mooney M-20-R single-engine plane. 

B-C Emergency Health Services says it was notified just before noon, but paramedics did not treat anyone or transport anyone to hospital. 

The Boundary Bay Airport bills itself as Canada's busiest private-flight airport

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