Safety board blames optical illusion, unsecured cargo for fatal 2016 B.C. plane crash

RICHMOND — A Transportation Safety Board report says overweight and unsecured cargo, and an optical illusion linked to flying over snow-covered terrain, are partly to blame for a fatal plane crash in British Columbia’s central Interior.
The pilot died and two of the four passengers were seriously hurt when this DC-2 float plane crashed near Laidman Lake in the B.C. Interior on Oct. 10, 2016.
A pilot died and two passengers were seriously injured when a float plane crashed during a hu