FedEx Plane crash/Downtown Winnipeg

Ouch ... sounds like no one on the ground was hurt though. Incredible

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A Cessna 208 carrying cargo for FedEx Corp. crashed near a major downtown intersection in Winnipeg early on Thursday, killing its pilot, the only person on board, but sparing injury on the ground.


The plane crashed on railway tracks in the western Canadian city just before 6 a.m. (1100 GMT), leaving only a "twisted heap" of wreckage behind, local radio CJOB said. The crash occurred close to an intersection of several major streets that is known locally as "Confusion Corner."

The plane, which was on its way to Thunder Bay, Ontario from Winnipeg, was owned, operated and maintained by FedEx subcontractor Morningstar Air Express Inc., FedEx Canada spokeswoman Karen Cooper told the radio station.

"We're working with local Winnipeg authorities, the national Transportation Safety Board of Canada to determine what has happened," she said.

Police and federal aviation inspectors were on the scene.

Winnipeg was hit by an unusually early and heavy snowfall on Wednesday.