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Monday, November 12, 2007
Coffee magnate Ron Joyce, co-founder of Tim Hortons, was one of eight passengers on board a small aircraft Sunday afternoon that crashed upon landing at a private strip along the Northumberland Strait.
The 77-year-old businessman, along with the other passengers and two pilots aboard the Challenger Global Express, sustained only minor injuries when the aircraft's wing hit the runway at Fox Harb'r Resort, sending the plane spinning.
One of the pilots on board and president of Jet Port Inc., which flies out of the golf resort owned by Joyce, said the aircraft was damaged but everyone on board was doing fine.
"We're all really thankful for that," said Tim Armstrong.
Const. Paul Calder, spokesman for the Cumberland District RCMP, said the plane encountered problems upon landing.
"The plane actually had touched down and then it ran into difficulty once it was on the runway," he said.
There was no fire resulting from the "crash landing," Calder said, but fire crews were on hand because there was still fuel on board the jet.
Passengers and crew were examined by paramedics at the scene or taken to local hospitals, Calder said. A couple of passengers were transferred for further examinations and X-rays.
Joyce, who started the doughnut chain with NHL defenceman Tim Horton in the 1960s, was one of the passengers taken to hospital after the harrowing incident.
"He's been taken out for further observation, but at this point we believe he's fine," Armstrong said.
He said the crew on board activated their emergency response plan when the plane ran into trouble and emergency medical services, fire and ambulance personnel attended the scene.
Calder said RCMP would secure the scene until this morning, when the National Transportation Safety Board would take over responsibility and begin an investigation into the cause of the crash.
He didn't want to speculate about factors involved in the crash, but Calder said it had been snowing in the Fox Harbour area since early Saturday evening and there was wet, heavy snow throughout the day Sunday.
"It wasn't great for vehicles and it may not have been great when they landed either," he said.
Joyce, who owns several aircraft that fly out of the private resort, also owns the jet involved in the crash.
© The Calgary Herald 2007
Coffee magnate Ron Joyce, co-founder of Tim Hortons, was one of eight passengers on board a small aircraft Sunday afternoon that crashed upon landing at a private strip along the Northumberland Strait.
The 77-year-old businessman, along with the other passengers and two pilots aboard the Challenger Global Express, sustained only minor injuries when the aircraft's wing hit the runway at Fox Harb'r Resort, sending the plane spinning.
One of the pilots on board and president of Jet Port Inc., which flies out of the golf resort owned by Joyce, said the aircraft was damaged but everyone on board was doing fine.
"We're all really thankful for that," said Tim Armstrong.
Const. Paul Calder, spokesman for the Cumberland District RCMP, said the plane encountered problems upon landing.
"The plane actually had touched down and then it ran into difficulty once it was on the runway," he said.
There was no fire resulting from the "crash landing," Calder said, but fire crews were on hand because there was still fuel on board the jet.
Passengers and crew were examined by paramedics at the scene or taken to local hospitals, Calder said. A couple of passengers were transferred for further examinations and X-rays.
Joyce, who started the doughnut chain with NHL defenceman Tim Horton in the 1960s, was one of the passengers taken to hospital after the harrowing incident.
"He's been taken out for further observation, but at this point we believe he's fine," Armstrong said.
He said the crew on board activated their emergency response plan when the plane ran into trouble and emergency medical services, fire and ambulance personnel attended the scene.
Calder said RCMP would secure the scene until this morning, when the National Transportation Safety Board would take over responsibility and begin an investigation into the cause of the crash.
He didn't want to speculate about factors involved in the crash, but Calder said it had been snowing in the Fox Harbour area since early Saturday evening and there was wet, heavy snow throughout the day Sunday.
"It wasn't great for vehicles and it may not have been great when they landed either," he said.
Joyce, who owns several aircraft that fly out of the private resort, also owns the jet involved in the crash.
© The Calgary Herald 2007
