Ottawa·UpdatedOntario Provincial Police say they’re investigating a collision involving two planes that occurred Saturday morning in South Glengarry Township, Ont. Both planes have been located and one person has died. Both planes registered to local training school, says TSBGabrielle Huston · CBC News · Posted: Nov 15, 2025 1:53 PM EST | Last Updated: 32 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Emergency crews are seen at the scene of a collision involving two planes in South Glengarry Township, Ont., on Saturday. (Jacob Taillefer Racine/Radio-Canada)One person is dead after a collision involving two planes Saturday morning in South Glengarry Township, Ont., provincial police say.The collision happened around 10:50 a.m., according to a spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board (TSB). Roughly 10 minutes later, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) got a call from a witness, said Const. Serge Duguay.Police told CBC that one of the two planes landed safely at an airport nearby. The other plane was found in the forest near Avondale, close to County Road 25 between Chapel Road and Concession Road 1.One person was located dead at the scene, Duguay said. He did not provide their age or gender and could not say if there were any other passengers. Duguay said that so far, there have been no injuries reported involving the occupants of the plane that landed at the airport. Const. Serge Duguay confirmed that one plane safely landed at an airport nearby while the other was located ‘deep in the woods’ near Avondale, Ont. (Cameron Mahler/CBC)Planes registered with local flight school”The process [to find the plane] was difficult because it was deep in the woods a few kilometres … but we were able to locate it,” Duguay said. The investigation is underway, Duguay said, and they’re determining if and how they are going to extract the plane from the woods. According to the TSB, both aircrafts involved are registered with Cornwall Aviation Ltd., a local flight school. Two investigators are en route to the scene, they said.Police have asked the public to avoid the area but say they are seeking witnesses. County Road 25 was still closed as of 2:45 p.m.ABOUT THE AUTHORGabrielle is an Ottawa-based journalist with eclectic interests. She’s spoken to video game developers, city councillors, neuroscientists and small business owners alike. Reach out to her for any reason at gabrielle.huston@cbc.ca.Follow Gabrielle on BlueskyFollow Gabrielle on InstagramWith files from Cameron Mahler and Radio-Canada
1 dead after 2 planes collide north of Cornwall, say OPP
