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Two Men Killed In Northern B.C. Plane Crash Were Relatives: Coroner

The Canadian Press, 20 Oct, 2015 10:56 AM
    VANCOUVER — Two men who died in a plane crash in northern British Columbia have been identified.
     
    The coroners service says 56 year-old Leonard Chapman was flying a Cesna 207 that crashed about 15 kilometres south of Fort St. John.
     
    Twenty-six-year-old Florian Chapman was a passenger in the aircraft that went down Friday afternoon.
     
    The men from Vernon, B.C., died at the scene.
     
    Coroner Barb McLintock says they were relatives, but she did not know how they were related.
     
    The coroners service and the Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

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