An aircraft with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds demonstration jet team has crashed in Kamloops on Sunday. Mike Trafford, who lives near the airport, Told Global News the aircraft had just taken off when something went wrong. “The plane did a barrel roll, and shortly after the barrel roll there was a spark and the pilot ejected,” he said. “Then the plane took a nosedive and went straight down.
Trafford said the aircraft crashed into a residential area. The Snowbirds were performing a flight across B.C.’s interior as a part of their cross-Canada tour dubbed Operation Inspiration, to raise spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic.