Man who stole plane from Victoria just walked up, took Cessna, flying club says
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A man who took control of one of the club's planes then flew it to Vancouver International Airport, forcing them to close their airspace, ground flights and divert nine others.
Colin Williamson, president of the Victoria Flying Club, said that what happened on Tuesday afternoon was a “one in a million situation.”
“This has never happened before, so we are all a little bit surprised, would be a mild way of putting it,” he said.
The Victoria Flying School has been operating for almost 80 years but has never dealt with a situation where a plane was taken by an unauthorized person.
Williamson said he happened to be landing at Victoria’s International Airport on Tuesday afternoon when he noticed a Cessna 172 taking its time to take off.
“I just assumed, you know, student pilot,” he said.
“Student pilots can be a bit slow. Grabbed my lunch and I see the security car drive up here, and see the RCMP going into the tower and then the RCMP here and I realize, oh, this is not an ordinary day.”
A man who took control of one of the club’s planes then flew it to Vancouver International Airport, forcing them to close their airspace, ground flights and divert nine others.
He was eventually arrested by Richmond RCMP officers on the tarmac of the north runway.
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