Witnesses recount scene after plane crash on Prince George, B.C., highway
A twin-engine charter plane made an emergency landing on a busy highway in Prince George, British Columbia, after losing power to one engine. While the crash resulted in one fatality among the vehicles struck on the ground, all passengers and crew on the aircraft survived.
Why it matters
The incident raises questions about aviation safety protocols and the risks posed by emergency landings in populated urban areas.
An iPhone photo shows an aircraft on the side of Foothills Boulevard in Prince George, B.C., on Thursday. Kennedy Gordon/Kennedy Gordon/The Prince George Citizen
There was no time for Jaime Pawliuk to take his foot off the gas as a plane smashed into the car ahead of him and then barrelled toward his – all he could do was wrench his wheel right to swerve into the nearby ditch.
He says the sudden manoeuvre on a busy thoroughfare in Prince George, B.C., on Thursday afternoon created just enough space to avoid the plane’s propellers from slicing through his vehicle and, likely, him, but the plane’s wings still shaved part of the roof of his cab.
One person in the car ahead of him died from the impact , authorities confirmed.
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