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.)
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One year ago today, the Quinte region joined the rest of the country with mourning the sudden death of Captain Jennifer Casey.
The Snowbirds public relations officer was travelling with pilot Captain Richard MacDougall, when their plane hit some birds shortly after take off and crashed into a subdivision.
Investigators noted as apart of a report in March, that MacDougall tried to turn back to the airport, but the plane entered an “aerodynamic stall” and he gave the order to abandon the aircraft. However, by that time they were “outside safe ejection seat operation parameters.”