People who live in the neighbourhood where a CF Snowbirds plane crashed on Sunday are still coming to terms with what happened.
A next-door neighbour to the house that was destroyed by fire after the crash, who did not want his name used, tells NL News he “finally stopped shaking” today.
Another neighbour across the street, Nolan McLeod, says he was in his backyard and watched the plane drop out of the sky.
“We’re still pretty much in shock. I know a coupe of us thought the plane was coming right for our house because it was that low, so we all thought we were going to end up dead from that plane,” McLeod says.
“People are still shaken up and they’re just not sure what to make of it.”
While acknowledging the tragedy of RCAF Snowbirds Capt. Jenn Casey being killed in the crash, McLeod says it’s a miracle that no one on the ground was hurt when the plane crashed.
“If it came down a little bit higher it definitely would’ve landed on Tranquille. Because Tranquille is right behind the house, and obviously it’s a high-traffic area that it could’ve been so much worse than what happened here.”
He says people in the neighbourhood are being asked to stay inside as much as they can, while military members investigate the crash site.
Royal Canadian Air Force spokesperson Alexandra Hejduk says it will take a lot of time to put pieces of the investigation together, and she told NL News earlier today that it could take days, at least, before wreckage from the crash site is cleared off Glenview Avenue.
And footage from the scene of the @CFSnowbirds wreckage on Glenview Avenue. A neighbour who lives within the yellow police tape says they are “pretty much on lockdown” while the investigation continues. More to come. @RadioNLNews. #Kamloops pic.twitter.com/wEpedSAAPu
— Colton Davies (@ColtonDavies_) May 19, 2020
Work being done to remove what looks like part of the aircraft from the #CFSnowbirds plane in #Kamloops @RadioNLNews pic.twitter.com/FvV9WwN1bW
— Curt Appleby (@CApps32) May 19, 2020
