Overview

• The July 8 collision involved a Cessna 172 and a Cessna 152 during takeoff and landing practice south of Steinbach, Manitoba, with no survivors.
• The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed its investigators to lead the cause analysis while the RCMP continues to support on-scene inquiries.
• Victims have been identified as 21-year-old Indian student Sreehari Sukesh and 20-year-old Canadian pilot trainee Savanna May Royes, with families and consular offices notified.
• Mid-air collisions represent less than 0.5% of crashes in Canadian airspace and this marks only the second such incident recorded in Manitoba’s history.
• Harv’s Air, a family-run school training about 400 pilots a year, is reviewing its procedures to assess potential communication or protocol failures.