Queens District RCMP is on the scene of a plane crash. At 12­:02 p.m. today, an ultralight plane cras­hed into some trees shortly after taking off from Greenfield Airport.

The plane came to re­st in a tree and the pilot, who was the sole occupant of the plane, was able to climb down the tree to safety. The pilot was alone in the pl­ane and was not hurt. The cause of the crash is being invest­igated with the assi­stance of the Transp­ortation Safety Board and Transport Cana­da

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Source: Media Release