The head of the Kamloops Airport says there were no reports of wildlife, including birds, on or near the runway when the Snowbirds crash happened.

On NL Newsday, managing director Ed Ratuski was asked if that was a possibility, after a frame-by-frame look at a locally-shot video appeared to show a small object, possibly a bird, possibly going into the engine as the jet was taking off.

“That’s one of the first thing we did from our side, kind of secure any documentation or reports that might have been out prior to the incident, and there were none that we know of. No visual reports from flight service, nor were there any reports of any wildlife activity that were out doing field checks earlier in the morning.”

Last weekend, the Royal Canadian Air Force said the investigation into what caused the crash could take up to a year to complete.

Capt. Jennifer Casey was killed on May 17 when her Tutor jet crashed in a Brocklehurst neighborhood, just moments after take-off.

Capt. Rich McDougall has been recovering at Royal Inland Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.