Shropshire farmer killed in plane crash in Canada
A poultry farmer from Shropshire has died in a plane crash in Canada.
The other pilot, from Belgium, was injured and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it was working with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada to determine the cause of the crash.In a statement, they said he had been flying for over 35 years and had been travelling from the US to the UK with another experienced pilot at the time of the crash.They added they were"eternally grateful" to the search and rescue teams that helped locate the plane.
Major Mark Norris, from the Canadian Armed Forces Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, and who was part of the search and rescue operation, said it was"very complex and challenging" as the plane crashed in an area"beyond remote". He said one of the men was able to send text messages to rescue teams, and, despite the weather conditions, the pair were extracted several hours later. Mr Simpson was pronounced dead in a clinic in Makkovik.
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