Air crash in B.C. kills 7; 1 survives

Air crash in B.C. kills 7; 1 survives
One man walked away with minor injuries from a plane crash that killed all seven others aboard Sunday off British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.

By Kristi Heim and Nick Perry

Seattle Times staff reporter


A remarkable story of survival is emerging from a plane crash that killed seven people Sunday off British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.

The sole survivor scrambled out of the wreckage just before it burst into flames and, enduring burns to his body, hiked for several hours down a hillside to the waterfront, according to reports. There, wrapped in a yellow sheet, he was able to flag down a coast-guard boat.

The chartered plane, a Grumman Goose flown by Pacific Coastal Airlines, crashed around 10:30 a.m. on remote South Thormanby Island, 35 miles northwest of Vancouver in the Strait of Georgia, said Wayne Bamford, a Canadian coast-guard officer. It had been taking a construction crew from Vancouver International Airport to Powell River, B.C.
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