Quebec provincial police have confirmed that seven people are dead after a small plane crashed on the Îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in fog and freezing rain.
The plane crashed as it approached an airfield near Havre-aux-Maisons around 11:40 a.m. AT.
Quebec provincial police said the plane was privately owned, and seven people were on board at the time of the crash.
'Broken in 3,' witness says
Jules Deslauriers moved to the Îles-de-la-Madeleine last October. The crash happened a few hundred metres in front of his house.
"I could see the nose, I could see part of the fuselage and I could see part of the tail as if the plane was broken in three," he said.
Another witness, Diane Vigneault, saw the plane go down in front of her home. She said the impact of the crash was so powerful, she immediately worried about the safety of those on board.
"I heard the sound of a plane flying low, low, low. I said to myself, 'That plane is so low.' I cried, I didn't know what else to do. I saw people running. My goal was to call 911," Vigneault said.
Earlier Tuesday morning, some commercial flights had been cancelled because of heavy fog.
Source: cbcnews
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