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Remembering Captain Antoine Forest

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In Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, a somber gathering honors Captain Antoine Forest, the Air Canada Express pilot who perished in a LaGuardia Airport crash last month. Forest, a promising aviator, was remembered by his community with a visitation and private service, as the aviation world mourns the loss of life and injuries from the tragic event.

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Remembering Captain Antoine Forest

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Canada News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Remembering Captain Antoine Forest. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00It's April 17th. Canada News today starts now, AI-powered and ready. I'm Corey with the story. Today marks a somber moment in Kotodu-Luck, Quebec, where folks are gathered to remember Captain Antoine Forrest, the 30-year-old pilot who lost. His life in a runway crash at New York's LaGuardia Airport last month. On March 22nd, Forrest was captaining Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a CRJ 900 from Montreal, and a collided with A, fire truck during landing, killing him and first officer Mackenzie Gunther. The crash injured more than 40 people out of the 72 passengers and four crew on board, shaking the aviation world and leaving families in. Grief. Forrest had joined Jazz Aviation in December 2022, building a promising career before this tragedy struck. The visitation runs this afternoon from 1pm to 4.30pm, and again from 7pm to 9pm, at the J.A. Laren Funeral Home, with a private service set for later, a quiet way for his community

1:04to say goodbye.

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