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The crash of a CT\u002D114 Tutor in Fort St. John was remarkably similar to the 2020 crash that killed Capt. Jenn Casey

Until an “operational airworthiness risk assessment can be completed,” all of the the red-and-white CT-114 Tutor jet aircraft operated by the squadron will be prohibited from flying.. In 2020, the team’s public affairs officer, Capt. Jenn Casey, was killed when her Tutor crashed into a residential area outside Kamloops, B.C.. A witness said that a CT-114 Tutor appeared to suffer “” only moments after takeoff this week, although the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

In Fort St. John, the pilot appears to have been able to bring in the stricken Tutor for a crash landing in a nearby hay field. . If the “Snowbird Aircraft Replacement Project” had been implemented, 431 Squadron would have been flying new planes as early as 2020.

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