The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says a young pilot's decisions to fly in a canyon in low-visibility conditions helped lead to a fatal plane crash near Mayo, Yukon, last summer. The Alkan Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan had taken off from the Rackla gold project air strip and was headed for Mayo when the crash happened. The report says Kitchen departed from his intended flight route and entered a "box canyon," with one-way access and steep walls. A Cessna Grand Caravan owned by Alkan Air. The TSB says that after the crash last August, Alkan Air made changes to its Caravan operations.

Source: CBC News July 29, 2020 19:16 UTC