Two males from Mumbai recognized as victims of deadly aircraft crash in Chilliwack

Two of the three individuals who died in a aircraft crash close to the Chilliwack Airport Friday afternoon (Oct. 6) have been recognized as trainee pilots from Mumbai, India.

Abhay Gadru and Yash Ramugade, each 25 years outdated, had been onboard the small aircraft with the still-unidentified pilot when it crash landed behind the Chilliwack Motor Inn. Although Chilliwack RCMP haven’t launched particulars but about any of the victims, the 2 males have been recognized/named in an article by NDTV (an Indian information outlet).

Each males had been in Canada for pilot coaching. Gadru was from Vasai, Mumbai and Ramugade was from Santacruz, Mumbai.

All three individuals had been in a Piper PA34 which is at present registered to a Langley flight college referred to as SkyQuest Aviation Ltd.

Katie Van Hoepen, of Chilliwack, instructed The Chilliwack Progress that she noticed the aircraft go down as she was travelling on Freeway 1 to Abbotsford. She bought off the freeway at Younger Highway.

Witnesses tried to assist the crash victims after the aircraft went down, she mentioned.

“We needed to get ladders and mattresses” to put within the blackberry bushes to be able to entry the aircraft, Van Hoepen mentioned.

It stays unclear the place the aircraft was travelling from and its supposed vacation spot.

The BC Coroners Service and Transport Security Board are nonetheless investigating and the crash web site will stay contained till additional discover.

—With recordsdata from Jenna Hauck and Jennifer Feinberg

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