Pilot killed in Quebec plane crash during Remembrance Day ceremony | Hanomansing Live

A pilot has died in a plane crash in Quebec's Beauce region. He was taking part in a Remembrance Day ceremony. The 60-year-old man was alone in the plane, still not known what caused the crash. Let's bring in the CBC's Alexander Silverman. He is in Montreal. And Alexander, what do we know so far about this? Well, Ian, we now know that the pilot has been identified as 68-year-old Daniel Perrin. He was an active member of the local flying club, participating in a commemoration flyover as part of the community's Remembrance Day ceremonies. Saint-Georges is a small city of about 35,000 people or so, roughly 100 kilometers south of Quebec City. And a lot of people had come together and gathered for what they typically do on Remembrance Day. They have a gathering at a veterans' park. And then there's a flyover by members of this local flying club. That's when things tragically unfolded and you had a sudden and abrupt end to the ceremony. We heard from Quebec's provincial police, the Sûreté du Québec, that this plane went down in a dense wooded area near some homes, roughly two kilometers or so from the site of the Remembrance Day ceremony. And then the plane was engulfed in flames and the pilot was pronounced dead at the scene around 1.30 in the afternoon. Here's a little bit of what we heard from police earlier today. He was participating in an event with other planes when he went down, unfortunately. He's the only one involved. As for the Sûreté du Québec, it's the major crime unit that is investigating the case, trying to make sure that there was no criminal aspect involved. There is also Transport Safety Board who are heading to the scene. You heard police there, Ian, say that the pilot was flying in formation. We now know that that formation is called a missing man formation. That's when six planes all fly together and then one of them suddenly departs from the group. We don't know yet, though, any details as to what might have caused that crash. And that's what police and investigators are starting to look into tonight. This was an event that was very public. There would have been people watching, obviously. And so what are we hearing from witnesses? Lots of people, of course, were taking in this event, watching those planes in the sky. But from our understanding at this point, they were quite a ways away from that park where people had gathered. So we've been hearing stories from witnesses who saw the event at the Remembrance Day ceremonies and also people who were near the crash site. This wooded area was actually very close to a number of residential homes and people in that area didn't see the plane come down out of the sky, But they heard the noise and they saw a very disturbing aftermath. We heard from a couple neighbors just outside the plane crash site. They said they heard a loud metal sound as that plane came down. One person described stepping outside and seeing a large wall of flames essentially in the woods. He went to go grab some fire extinguishers with his wife. And then after stepping outside and seeing just how big the flames had gotten, quickly realized that it was something he as a civilian had no ability to respond to. We are also hearing some We're hearing stories from people at the event as well, describing the shock once community members learned that this local pilot had died. Apparently the master of ceremonies paused the event, shared the news that a community member had died in such a tragic accident and was clearly very emotional, in tears and shaken. So on a day where the community had come together to mark Remembrance Day, it had a very sudden tragic ending and people in Saint-Georges are mourning tonight. Alexander Silverman live in Montreal. Thanks for the update.