CP NewsAlert: Two dead in mid-air collision were students at Manitoba flight school

By Canadian Press on July 8, 2025.

STEINBACH — The owner of a flight school in southern Manitoba says two pilots killed in a mid-air collision were student pilots.

Adam Penner with Harv’s Air says the pilots were attempting to land the two planes at the same time and crashed near a landing strip south of Steinbach.

Mounties say the small, single-engine planes collided about 8:45 a.m. in the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

They say the pilots were pronounced dead at the scene, and there were no passengers.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified.

More coming.

The Canadian Press

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