B.C. couple named as Gabriola Island plane crash victims
Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:11:34 +0000
Cowichan Valley residents Allan and Katheryn Boudreau have been identified as the couple killed when a plane crashed on Gabriola Island last week.
The Boudreaus’ children have identified their parents as the passengers in the fatal Dec. 10 crash, according to CHEK News. Both Allan and Katheryn were 53.
Pilot Alex Bahlsen of Mill Bay was also killed in the crash.
The Boudreaus’ adult children could not immediately be reached for comment.
The plane was flying from Bishop, Calif., to Nanaimo when it crashed.
Witnesses have said the plane appeared to be in trouble and entered a spiral, crashing into the ground on Gabriola Island.
The Transportation Safety Board has said the pilot reported an equipment problem as he tried to land.
We as a family are absolutely devastated,” Bahlsen’s family said in their statement. “We knew this day could come; however, Alex always had a way of making us feel like it never would. Alex was taken from us while he was doing something he loved.
Alex Bahlsen of Mill Bay, has been identified as the pilot of a plane that crashed on Gabriola Tuesday night.
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