Leader staff

A woman from Slave Lake died on June 21 when the plane she was piloting crashed near the airport in Vermilion, east of Edmonton. Also in the plane was a 76-year-old male passenger, who also did not survive the crash.

The Transportation Safety Board is investigating; whether they find out what happened remains to be seen.

RCMP got a call about the crash at 12:24 p.m. on the above date. They found the plane approximately 1.2 kilometres short of the Vermilion Airport runway.

The pilot, 46, was a resident of Slave Lake. Her passenger was a resident of Mannville, Alberta.