No injuries after plane does a hard landing on Lake Temiskaming, Ont.

CTV News08-06-2025

It was a minor miracle late Friday morning when two people were unhurt after their float plane landed hard on Lake Temiskaming.
Two people emerged unhurt after a float plane had a hard landing late Friday morning on Lake Temiskaming.
Police said the plane was travelling from the French River when the incident occurred around 11:50 a.m.
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Drone footage of a float plane that crash landed on Lake Temiskaming late Friday morning. (Photo courtesy of Darshan Shah)
The plane landed hard on the water and flipped over. But the pilot and the passenger were able to get out and were not injured.
'It's a miracle,' Ontario Provincial Police Const. Siobhan Christo told CTV News in a phone interview.
People who were passing nearby witnessed the event and immediately called police.
Eric Taschner of CTV News was on the scene and sent a photo of the plane with only the tail visible.
Christo said the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, which investigate plane crashes in Canada, will be taking over the investigation.
A message to the safety board from CTV News seeking further information has not yet been returned.

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