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Canadian Aerobatic Jet Crashes Amid Pandemic Show; 1 Dead
The Snowbirds, the Royal Canadian Air Force air acrobatics team, fly over Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on May 7, 2020.
Photographer: Sebastien St-Jean/AFP via Getty Images
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Toronto (AP) -- A Canadian aerobatic jet crashed into a British Columbia neighborhood Sunday during a flyover intended to boost morale during the pandemic, killing one crew member, seriously injuring another and setting a house on fire. Video appeared to show the plane's crew ejecting.
The crash left debris scattered across the neighborhood near the airport in the city of Kamloops, 260 miles (418 kilometers) northeast of Vancouver. The Snowbirds are Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels.