THE CANADIAN PRESS
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A man who survived a plane crash that killed five people when it went down near Port Hardy on northern Vancouver Island on Sunday told his family the aircraft burst into flames when it went down.
Bob Pomponio was one of two people who survived the crash of the Grumman Goose amphibian plane operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines.
His brother-in-law, Martin Young, said Monday that Pomponio suffered soft-tissue injuries in the crash.
Transportation Safety Board spokesman Bill Yearwood said the plane had burned.
"There was a post-crash fire," Yearwood said. "After it collided with the trees, there was a fire - a small fire that erupted into a larger one
P.S Devo volare con loro fra un po. Sono proppio di qua.
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A man who survived a plane crash that killed five people when it went down near Port Hardy on northern Vancouver Island on Sunday told his family the aircraft burst into flames when it went down.
Bob Pomponio was one of two people who survived the crash of the Grumman Goose amphibian plane operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines.
His brother-in-law, Martin Young, said Monday that Pomponio suffered soft-tissue injuries in the crash.
Transportation Safety Board spokesman Bill Yearwood said the plane had burned.
"There was a post-crash fire," Yearwood said. "After it collided with the trees, there was a fire - a small fire that erupted into a larger one
P.S Devo volare con loro fra un po. Sono proppio di qua.