A plane crash near Black Diamond Sunday, July 29, has claimed the life of a man.

RCMP say the two person plane went down around 7:34 p.m. in a field near Black Diamond.

When RCMP & EMS arrived, they found one man, the 30 year old pilot, and transported him to hospital in Calgary with non-life threatening injuries.

However, the man's passenger was declared dead on the scene.

The National Transportation Safety Board has now taken over the investigation.

 

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