Quebec pilot killed in crash during Remembrance Day formation flight

What began as a ceremony of remembrance in the small Quebec city of Saint-Georges ended with another life to mourn. A small plane, flying as part of a commemoration, crashed in these woods killing the pilot. 68-year-old Daniel Parrain, an active member of the local flight club. He was participating in an event with other planes when he went down, unfortunately. He's the only one involved. The annual ceremony was in a park in the centre of Saint-Georges, a city of about 35,000 people, about 100 kilometres south of Quebec City. Ah, moins que ce soit dans mes pourriels. Resident Yvon Thibodeau was among those gathered to pay their respects. when he says the crash was announced by the master of ceremonies. He's in a state of total panic. He was in a state of shock, Thibodeau says. He was crying and then the ceremony stopped. The plane involved was one of six aircraft flying overhead in what is known as a missing man formation, a plan in which one plane suddenly breaks away from the pack. It crashed about two kilometers away from the site of the event, just meters away from nearby homes and close to the local airport. It crashed in front of my neighbor's yard, says Michel Rodrigue, who heard it from From inside his home. And food. Rodrigue and his wife saw the wreckage engulfed in flames. They raced to get fire extinguishers, but realized the scale of the blaze was simply too big to fight themselves. The community now grieving a shocking loss and remembering a man known to many. It's a tragic event in a place where we all know each other. On this tragic day, we have someone who died while paying their respects, says Mayor Manon Bougie. It's a deeply sad moment. As the community mourns, police are combing through the wreckage to try to piece together what happened. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has also deployed a team to the scene. Alexander Silverman, CBC News, Montreal.