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Stall and crash in plane in B.C. renews safety board call to Transport Canada
RICHMOND, B.C. — A crash of an Air Nootka De Havilland plane on Vancouver Island last year has reopened a debate between the Transportation Safety Board and the federal government over stall warning systems.
The pilot who was the only person on board was seriously injured when his plane stalled and crashed into thick forest while attempting to land near Gold River, B.C.
A Transportation Safety Board report says there are a few aircraft types still in commercial operation that don’t have stall warning systems, including the De Havilland DHC-2.
The Air Nootka plane didn’t have a warning system, and the report says that since 1998 it has investigated 17 De Havilland’s stalling and crashing, resulting in at least 38 deaths.