目前,加拿大国防部已经向CBC新闻证实了这一消息。国防部周日下午在一份声明中说,一名飞行员在坠机事故中丧生,另一名成员受了重伤。
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Sad news coming out of the interior of myprovince. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds who were flying acrossCanada as part of #OperationInspiration suffered a crash. Pilot ejected secondsbefore jet slammed into residential neighborhood in Kamloopshttps://t.co/LKkTEDDSNI#cdnpoli
― Michael Bociurkiw (@WorldAffairsPro) May 17, 2020</blockquote>
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Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crash duringflyover in British Columbia leaves 1 dead https://t.co/78x7aSN4bj
― WHIO-TV (@whiotv) May 18, 2020</blockquote>