CHILLIWACK — RCMP say one man is dead following a mid-air collision between two planes in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.

Mounties say in a statement issued Tuesday that crews have started the recovery process for the man’s body and his Cessna 172 from a pond in Chilliwack, where it crashed after hitting another Cessna in the air on Monday.

The Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, which was reported to RCMP at around 5:20 p.m.

The RCMP statement did not give a possible cause for the collision, but says its members are supporting the safety board in its investigation into the cause of the crash, which happened near the Chilliwack Airport.

Mounties say that the second plane involved was able to make it back safely to the airport, and the two people inside weren’t hurt.

BC Emergency Health Services said in an email that paramedics were called to the area of Wolfe Road and Schweyey Road around 5:14 p.m. Monday, but no patients were taken to hospital.

Chilliwack is about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 4, 2026.