TSB says unstable landing led to plane crash that killed Jean Lapierre, six others
MONTREAL — A pilot’s decision to continue with an unstable approach to landing was the key factor in a plane crash that killed former federal cabinet minister Jean Lapierre and six other people, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Wednesday.
The March 2016 accident claimed the lives of seven people — the two pilots as well as Lapierre, his wife and three of his siblings.
They were aboard the Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 aircraft that slammed into the ground as it approached the airport in Iles-de-la-Madeleine.
“The pilot continued an unstable approach and experienced an aircraft upset at an altitude too low to prevent impact with the ground,” TSB chair Kathy Fox said at a news conference in Montreal.