Plane Crashes on Busy Delta Highway

| April 23, 2015 in Provincial

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After losing power, a pilot crashed his plane on a busy highway in Delta Wednesday evening.

Photo credit: Twitter. 

At approximately 6:17 p.m. Delta Police responded to a 911 call of a small plane that had landed on Highway 91 in the southbound lanes, just south of 64th Avenue.

The 49-year-old pilot was the lone occupant of the Amphibian Ultralight aircraft and was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The pilot was flying from the King George Airpark and was flying over the Delta area when it is believed that the plane lost power causing a forced landing on the highway.

No one else on the ground was injured as a result of the accident.

Delta Police are working with the National Transportation and Safety Board to complete the investigation.

The highway has now been reopened in both directions. 

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