Pilot Dead After Plane Involved in Remembrance Day Ceremony Crashes Near Quebec City

A pilot has died after a small plane crashed Nov. 11 near Quebec City, where it was scheduled to take part in a Remembrance Day ceremony. Quebec provincial police have confirmed the pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sûreté du Québec is investigating. The crash occurred near the Saint-Georges airport in the Beauce region, about 100 kilometres south of Quebec City. Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon confirmed in a Nov. 11 social media post that an aircraft scheduled to take part in Remembrance Day commemorations had crashed earlier that morning in Saint-Georges-de-Beauce. He said he was monitoring the situation and was in contact with Public Safety Minister Guy Jr. Lapointe to determine whether the provincial government could provide assistance.