Source: Kaina Laframboise, CBC News, March 30, 2016
Jean Lapierre, political analyst and former Liberal cabinet minister, among 7 dead in Tuesday plane crash
A joint investigation led by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is underway to determine the cause of Tuesday’s deadly plane crash on the Îles-de-la-Madeleine that killed seven people.
Jean Lapierre, political commentator and former Liberal federal cabinet minister, was killed, along with his wife, sister and two brothers. The family was travelling to the funeral of Lapierre’s father, who died last Friday at the age of 83.
The plane went down while attempting to land in freezing fog and rain.
It crashed as it approached an airfield near Havre-aux-Maisons around 11:40 a.m. AT Tuesday, a few kilometres from the airport.
The seven people on board, including two crew members, died.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation to determine the cause of the crash, alongside Transport Canada and the Quebec provincial police.
A team of six investigators from the TSB were to arrive on site around noon Wednesday. They will collect information and interview witnesses as part of the investigation.