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One year later, Brock residents reflect on tragic Snowbirds crash
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From Halifax, Nova Scotia, Captain Jenn Casey joined the Canadian Armed Forces in August 2014 and then the Canadian Forces Snowbirds in November 2018. (Photo: Royal Canadian Air Force)
Brocklehurst residents won’t soon forget the national tragedy that struck their sleepy neighbourhood exactly one year ago today (May 17).
On May 17, 2020, a Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor jet fell out of the sky over a residential area during the Canadian Forces 431 squadron’s cross-country Operation Inspiration tour to raise people’s spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The squad’s public affairs officer, Capt. Jennifer Casey, was killed in the crash, while pilot Capt. Richard MacDougall sustained serious injuries.
Posted by KTWDigital | May 20, 2021 | News | Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian announces plans for the Captain Jennifer Casey Memorial, which will be in the newly created Fulton Field Park on Tranquille Road, near Kamloops Airport. The announcement at city hall came on May 17, 2021, a year to the day Casey was killed and Capt.. Richard MacDougall was injured when a bird strike caused a Snowbirds jet to crashing Brocklehurst after taking off from the airport. At the announcement was Capt. Scott Boyd, Casey’s partner. The park and memorial, which will be on the bend on Tranquille Road, south of the airport’s main entrance, will be constructed in 2023. (KTW photo.)