Overview

• On July 8 at about 8:45 a.m., a Harv’s Air Cessna 172 and Cessna 152 collided roughly 400 metres from the Steinbach South Airport during routine takeoff and landing drills
• RCMP first responders pronounced both pilots dead on site before the Transportation Safety Board deployed specialists to secure wreckage and gather flight data under RCMP oversight
• Investigators are examining whether radio communication breakdowns or restricted visibility on approach led to the mid-air impact
• Authorities have identified the victims as 20-year-old Savanna May Royes and Indian student pilot Sreehari Sukesh, with families receiving support and the Indian consulate providing assistance
• Harv’s Air, a family-run school training about 400 pilots annually, had not experienced a fatal accident in its 50-year history, highlighting the extreme rarity of such mid-air collisions in Canada