One person dead, three transported to hospital following plane crash in Bay of Islands

JRCC Halifax responded to the call just before noon on Friday.

One person is deceased after an aircraft crashed in the mountains outside Corner Brook just before noon on Friday. Maj. Trevor Ackland, a spokesperson for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Halifax confirmed the crash to BayFM news late Friday evening.

The aircraft, a Cessna 337H Skymaster, was reported as decending into the mountains of the Bay of Islands at 11:37 a.m. Friday morning with four people on board. A crash was reported by other aircraft flying in the area.

A CH-149 Cormorant was tasked to the area and delivered search and rescue technicians to the site of the crash. Local emergency personnel from the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and NL Health Services were also dispatched to the scene and transported there by Canadian Helicopers.

Three people were initially transported to a waiting ambulance and were subsequently transported to Western Memorial Regional Hospital for medical care. The statement reported that one additional person was reported with "vital signs absent" at the crash site and was transported from the scene separately.

The aircraft involved in the crash was contracted out of Quebec by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. All people on board were also from Quebec.

There is no word at this time why the plane was in the area or the cause of the crash, though the Transportation Safety Board has stated it's deploying a team to investigate the accident.