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Emergency landing in Kelowna

Cessna pilot declares emergency after losing one engine
cessna airplane
Photo: contributed

Emergency crews at Kelowna's International Airport (YLW) are standing down after receiving a mayday signal from a Cessna 421 that took off from Vernon.

The Cessna 421 a twin-engine aircraft, with two people on board, ran into engine trouble. The right engine died and the pilot declared an emergency, YLW airport manager Sam Sammadar tells Castanet, "the airplane just landed safely."

Emergency crews are now standing down.