2 dead after plane crash at Brantford airport

Two people are dead, police say, after a plane crash at Brantford Municipal Airport.

Provincial police were called to the airport around 8 a.m., according to Const. Ken Johnson.

“They found that a Piper Arrow plane had crashed on the property at the airport sometime throughout the evening,” he said. “It was located sometime this morning.”

Both occupants of the plane died in the crash. Police are not releasing their identities until their next of kin is notified, added Johnson.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified and will be investigating.