A Cessna Citation carrying four people, including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, crashed Thursday night in British Columbia. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said the jet dropped off radar after departing Kelowna bound for Springbank, Alberta, in the Calgary area, according to a CBC report. Rescue crews received a report of a crash about 9:40 p.m. after ATC lost radar contact with the Citation at about 8,000 feet. The wreckage, with debris strewn about a densely wooded area, was found near Winfield. Authorities said the crash was “unsurvivable” and confirmed all on board were killed, the CBC reported.
Prentice, 60, who served as Alberta premier leading theProgressive Conservative Party from 2014-2015,was flying home with two friends from Calgary. Among them was a shareholder of the Citation.Flight data showed the jet in a rapid descent from 4800 feet and ATC lost contact soon after departure, the Calgary Sun reported. A Federal Transportation Safety Board official said the jet crashed into terrain “at a high speed.” A former shareholder in the aircraft, owned by Norjet, told the Sun the pilot was “experienced” and had been flying for the business for three years.
