Student pilot from India identified as 1 of 2 killed in southern Manitoba mid-air plane crash

CBC

· Posted: Jul 09, 2025 2:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

One of the 2 victims of a Tuesday mid-air clang successful confederate Manitoba has been identified arsenic a young student aviator from India. 

The consulate wide of India successful Toronto identified the victim arsenic Sreehari Sukesh. In a societal media post on Wednesday, the consulate said it is successful interaction with his family, the flying schoolhouse wherever helium was a pupil and constabulary to provide any needed assistance. 

The consulate did not indicate Sukesh's nonstop age.

The different victim was identified arsenic 20-year-old Savanna May Royes, a Canadian national who had ever dreamed of becoming a pilot, pursuing successful the footsteps of her father, according to a connection from her family. 

The bodies of the 2 pupil pilots were recovered successful the wreckage of their single-engine planes aft some crashed mid-air connected Tuesday morning adjacent Steinbach, astir 50 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg.

The students collided erstwhile approaching a landing portion portion practising takeoffs and landings, said Adam Penner, president of Harv's Air, the flying schoolhouse wherever some pilots had been training.

The Transportation Safety Board, the bureau liable for investigating aviation incidents successful Canada, said it is gathering accusation and assessing the fatal crash.