Pilot killed in Quebec Remembrance Day plane crash identified

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A pilot who died Wednesday when his plane crashed after participating in a Remembrance Day ceremony south of Quebec City has been identified.

A pilot who died Wednesday when his plane crashed after participating in a Remembrance Day ceremony south of Quebec City has been identified.

The City of Saint-Georges said Thursday the victim was Daniel Parent, a member of a local flying club.

Mayor Manon Bougie offered her condolences and said the city was lowering flags to half-mast at city hall and the Saint-Georges airport.

Parent was the only person aboard the plane when it went down around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Quebec provincial police (SQ) said. He was declared dead at the scene.

SQ spokesperson Audrey-Anne Bilodeau said the pilot had been flying with several other aircraft when his plane crashed.

The small plane came down in a wooded area near the Saint-Georges airport and caught fire after the crash. The pilot had been approaching the airport to land.

Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon offered his condolences following the crash.

St-Pierre Plamondon said he was working with the province’s domestic security minister to gather more information about what happened.

Transportation Safety Board investigators have been deployed to the scene to gather information and assess what happened.

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