Plane carrying Jean Lapierre and his family flying too high and fast: TSB
MONTREAL — The plane that crashed with former federal cabinet minister Jean Lapierre and six other people aboard was travelling faster and at a higher altitude than recommended, the Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
The federal agency said the plane crashed in eastern Quebec last March 29 soon after the pilot turned off the autopilot and lowered the landing gear.
Almost immediately afterwards, the Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 aircraft “rolled quickly into a steep right bank and descended rapidly” before smashing to the ground, the TSB wrote in an investigation update.
According to the report, the aircraft’s mechanical systems all appeared to be working and the pilot was qualified for the flight.