Overview

• RCMP remains on scene to probe fatalities while the TSB leads a technical inquiry into the collision’s cause
• Victims have been identified as 23-year-old Indian student Sreehari Sukesh and 20-year-old Canadian Savanna May Royes
• The crash involved a Cessna 172 and a Cessna 152 colliding at about 8:45 a.m. during approach drills near Steinbach
• Harv’s Air, which trains roughly 400 pilots annually at its Steinbach base, has initiated formal reviews of its takeoff and landing procedures
• Investigators are examining potential communication or procedural failures in a crash type that accounts for under 0.5% of Canadian aviation incidents