New details released on fatal plane crash near Fort Simpson

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released new details on a fatal plane crash near Fort Simpson, N.W.T., in August.

The floatplane, a Cessna 206, operated by Simpson Air, went down when it was coming in for a landing on Little Doctor Lake on Aug. 16.

According to the TSB, the pilot lost control during the touchdown and the right float dug into the lake, causing the right wing to hit the surface of the water. The aircraft suddenly nosed over and landed upside down on the lake.

The TSB'supdate says an emergency locator transmitter was activated, but no signal was received.

The plane was flying two couples on a tour of Nahanni National Park Reserve. It had already completed a tripfrom Fort Simpson to Virginia Falls before heading to Little Doctor Lake.

The pilot and one passenger were able to escapethe submerged plane and were rescued by a nearby boater within 20 minutes. The two womenwere flown to the Fort Simpson Health Centre that evening but weren't injured.

Geoffrey Dean, 33, from Castor, Alta., and Jean and Stewart Edelman, both 72, from Saskatoon were killed in the crash.

A spokesperson for the TSBtold CBCNews they could not comment further on the investigation into the crash as it is ongoing.

Itis currently in the examination and analysisphase, the second of three phases in theTSB'sinvestigation process.