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Ontario pilot dies in plane crash in a southern Alberta field: RCMP

CLARESHOLM, Alta. — Mounties say an Ontario woman is dead after a plane crashed in a southern Alberta field. RCMP say emergency crews responded to a call Monday of a plane crash near Claresholm, Alta., about 130 kilometres south of Calgary.
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RCMP in Claresholm, Alta., say one woman is dead after a plane crashed 130 kilometres south of Calgary yesterday evening. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

CLARESHOLM, Alta. — Mounties say an Ontario woman is dead after a plane crashed in a southern Alberta field.

RCMP say emergency crews responded to a call Monday of a plane crash near Claresholm, Alta., about 130 kilometres south of Calgary.

They say the pilot was a 24-year-old woman from London, Ont., and the only person in the plane.

RCMP say the woman was flying a Cessna 152. 

They say she was declared dead at the scene. 

RCMP say Transport Canada is investigating the cause of the crash. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 29, 2023.

The Canadian Press

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