Canada: 7 killed in plane crash

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Seven people were killed in a plane crash in the north of Kingston, Canada's authorities said on Thursday.

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Kingston: Seven people were killed in a plane crash in the north of Kingston, Canada's authorities said on Thursday.

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The fatal accident took place on Wednesday evening. It is not clear what caused a plane to crash. The wreckage of the plane was found in a heavily wooded area more than three miles north of Kingston, which is between Toronto and Montreal and near the border with America, The New York Times reported. 

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Canada's Transportation Safety Board which is investigating the crash said that plane "collided with terrain" during a flight from Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport to Quebec City.

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"We will obtain detailed weather information as the investigation proceeds," Ken Webster, an investigator with the board who is leading the inquiry into the crash, said at a news conference on Thursday. (ANI)










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