Manitoba flight school makes safety changes after mid-air crash killed 2: report

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a Manitoba-based pilot training school has made several safety changes following the deaths of two student pilots.

The students were practising takeoffs and landings at a training facility in Steinbach last year, when they tried to land at the same time on a small rural runway.

The wreckage from two single-engine planes were found in a field on private property, roughly 400 metres from the runway.

The safety board says Harv's Air school now has a limited the number of planes that can participate in an exercise at the same time.

It also requires pilots to disclose their locations on radio calls and has upgraded its lighting systems to reduce mid-air collisions.

The board conducted a limited type of investigation that doesn't provide findings or recommendations.

However, it does encourage aircraft owners and pilots to install systems that provide air traffic information to supplement when pilots are seeing in the air.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2026.

By Brittany Hobson | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.