By the Canadian Press

PLANE CRASH

One Dead After Plane Crash near Smith

Sep 1, 2019 | 7:02 AM

One person is dead after a Chinese-built military training aircraft crashed while performing acrobatic manoeuvers during a fair and rodeo east of Slave Lake. .

RCMP say two small planes were performing for the Smith Fall Fair on Saturday when one of the planes disappeared.

It was found an hour later east of Smith.

Police said there was only one occupant in the plane at the time of the crash, and that person was pronounced dead at the scene.

They said they would not be identifying the deceased.

Transportation Safety Board spokesman Alex Fournier said the plane was a Nanchang CJ-6, which is a propeller-driven training aircraft built in China.