Pilot hospitalized after plane crash east of Calgary

CBC

August 17, 2012 at 12:10 a.m.

RCMP say an ultra-lite plane crashed near Indus, east of Calgary, around 12:30 p.m. MT Thursday.

STARS air ambulance tranported the pilot to Foothills Hospital.

STARS spokesman Cam Heke says the man is 59-years-old and is in potentially life-threatening, but stable condition.

Police say the plane went down shortly after taking off.

Witnesses found the wreckage of the ultra-light in a field two kilometers away from the airport.

Strathmore RCMP and the Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

Indus is a 15-minute drive from southeast Calgary.

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