A Transportation Safety Board team has begun their investigation into Tuesday night’s plane crash.

 

The Keystone Flight crashed when it was returning to Thompson Airport, shortly after take-off.

 

Thompson Fire and Emergency Services Chief, John Maskerine says they got the call at around 6:30pm:

 

“We were on the scene at 18:36. It was two sheriff’s officers that had seen people coming out of the wooded area where they directed us in. We advanced our lines in, as well as our medics went in, and most of the people coming out were bumped and bruised and in shock”.

 

Maskerine adds first responders didn’t have much trouble locating the scene of the crash:

 

“The site was approximately 300-400 yards off of 391 highway and it was walk able. It was very easy to get into them which was probably a god sent to us, and the patients”.  

 

RCMP say all 8 passengers were taken to Thompson General Hospital. 3 were sent to Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. The remaining 5 were expected to be discharged yesterday.

 

A statement from Premier Greg Selinger revealed the passengers work for the province. Three are employees of Northern Airport and Marine operations, two of Manitoba Business Transformation and Technology and one of Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Selinger wished all on board, a quick recovery.

 

The cause of the crash won’t be known until TSB completes their investigation.

 

 

 

Pictures courtesy of TSB.