By Spencer Sterritt

Prince Albert Airport brought to standstill after plane crash

Oct 12, 2015 | 3:43 PM

A plane crash brought the Prince Albert Airport to a standstill mid-afternoon on Monday. 

The single engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff at 2 p.m.  Oct. 12. It rested off the end of the runway, not on its landing gear.

No fires were reported.

Airport authorities could confirm that it was a private plane, but could not specify who owned it.

Parkland Ambulance confirmed the 40-year-old pilot and his 13-year-old daughter were not injured in the crash. There were no other passengers. 

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Officials would not comment whether the crash was due to mechanical failure or pilot error, saying that any one one in a million things could have gone wrong to cause the crash. 

Clearing the runway was expected to take at least two hours. The plane was loaded onto a flatbed and then taken off the runway. 

The airport reopened shortly before 6 p.m.

The crash caused a ripple effect of delays to nearby airports. 

Flights from Prince Albert to Collins Bay & Macleans Lake were rerouted to Saskatoon by bus. 

paNOW will have more on the story as it developes. 

ssterritt@jpbg.ca

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