WINNIPEG - A commercial pilot whose negligence caused a fatal plane crash in Winnipeg was to be sentenced Wednesday.
Calgary-based Mark Tayfel was convicted last year of criminal negligence causing death, four counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and one count of dangerous operation of an aircraft.
Tayfel was piloting a small twin-engine plane that ran out of fuel and crash-landed at a busy Winnipeg intersection.
All seven people onboard survived the crash initially, but one man, 79-year-old Chester Jones, died a few weeks later from his injuries.
Tayfel blamed the crash on faulty fuel gauges.
But a Court of Queen's Bench judge ruled Tayfel failed to ensure the plane had enough fuel.
