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iN PHOTOS: Sun rises behind plane spraying for invasive moth in Kamloops
A plane spraying a biological insecticide could be seen flying over Kamloops neighbourhoods at the…
UPDATE: Pilot walks away from ultra-light plane crash in Salmon Arm
The pilot of an ultra-light plane that crashed in Salmon Arm while taking off from…
WestJet dealing with major outage causing cancelled flight and delays
An ongoing system-wide outage is causing disruptions and impacting operations for WestJet and its customers.…
Grounded Snowbirds cleared for flight; making stop in Penticton on way to home base
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have been cleared to fly again and the team is on…
Vernon man now charged for pointing laser at plane near Kelowna
A Vernon man who allegedly pointed a laser at a plane near Kelowna airport has…
Vernon man who allegedly pointed laser at plane escapes charges
A Vernon man initially identified police as the culprit responsible for pointing a laser at…
Plane lands on its belly at the Vernon airport
A small plane came to a screeching halt at the Vernon Regional Airport yesterday. A…
Trauma from Snowbird crash remains for Kamloops neighbourhood long after debris cleared
Sam and Betty Popoff were relaxing at home May 17 when they heard a loud…
‘It was smoky, it was chaotic’: Kamloops residents describe Snowbirds crash
Many in Kamloops heard about the Snowbirds plane crash through a phone call, a Tweet,…
TSB closes investigation into Merritt plane crash
The Transportation Safety Board says it has gathered and assessed information regarding a plane crash…
UPDATE: Pilot trapped inside plane wreckage at Merritt airport for seven hours
A missing person report led police to the discovery of a plane wreck on the…
Human remains found on plane wreckage from 1987 identified
KAMLOOPS – RCMP and B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed the identities of human remains found…
Wreckage of missing plane that took off from Penticton found near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE – Police say the wreckage of a missing plane that took off from Penticton…
Pilot dies in ultralight plane crash in Enderby
ENDERBY – A 71-year-old Salmon Arm man was killed in an ultralight plane crash in…
Pilot’s near miss with drone in Vernon prompts warning
VERNON – The City of Vernon is reminding people not to use drones or model…
Cargo plane lands safely at Kamloops Airport after landing gear warning
KAMLOOPS – After some tense moments, a cargo plane landed safely at Kamloops Airport this…
UPDATE: Former Alberta premier dead in plane crash near Kelowna
KELOWNA – An aircraft carrying former Alberta premier Jim Prentice and three other people crashed…
Tourism increase keeps Kamloops Airport numbers at record level
KAMLOOPS – With more than 116,000 travellers passing through the gates at Fulton Field in…
Intense mock search and rescue exercise with RCAF at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS – Extinguishing fires, parachuting search and rescue technicians and the jaws of life were…
Minor injuries after small plane crashes in Vernon
VERNON - One person suffered from minor injuries after a plane leaving from the Vernon Regional Airport had to make a forced landing, the City of Vernon says. The small airplane took off shortly after 3:30 p.m. today, Dec. 23, with a pilot and a passenger and climbed to 300 feet before the pilot noticed...
Vernon father and son killed in tragic plane crash loved to soar
VERNON - A father and son from Vernon died doing something they both loved: going ‘wheels up’. Brad Chapman, 56, learned to fly in his 40s and passed that passion onto his oldest son, Florian, 26, who got his pilot’s license as a teenager. As key principals in the Chapman Group of Companies, flying offered...
UPDATE: Vernon men identified as victims of northeastern B.C. plane crash
VERNON - A Vernon construction company has been linked to a fatal plane crash in northeastern B.C. last week. A privately owned Cessna 207 was taking off from the Chapman gravel site in Baldonnel, about 15 kilometres south of Fort St. John of Friday, Oct.16, when it crashed and caught fire, leaving two people on...
About that plane flying in circles over Vernon
VERNON - If you were wondering what that red and white Cessna plane was doing flying in loops above Vernon this past week, you weren’t alone. The aircraft earned quite a bit of attention flying in circles, sometimes for hours in the same spot. People reported seeing it circling above Cools Pond, the BX area,...
Daily non-stop flights announced between Kelowna and Victoria
KELOWNA – Travelers to Vancouver Island now have a non-stop flight to Victoria out of Kelowna International Airport. Pacific Coastal Airlines announced the seven day a week service Tuesday, Aug. 15, saying it will benefit communities on the island as well as the Okanagan. Effective Oct. 27, the Saab 340 aircraft will depart YLW at...