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Barenaked Ladies' Ed Robertson Survives Plane Crash |
Contributed By: Josh DaNewYork
Created On: Monday, 25 August 2008
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 Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies singer Ed Robertson and three others are fine after being involved in a plane crash in Canada on Sunday (August 24).
The float-plane, which Robertson was reportedly piloting, went down in the woods near Bancroft yesterday afternoon, as it tried to take off from Baptiste Lake.
The plane reportedly lost airspeed, then crashed.
Crashing shortly after take off at approximately 12:30 p.m., the plane was totaled after losing airspeed but all four people managed to walk out of and quickly reported the crash.
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"Everyone is fine and that is the important thing," said Adam Smith, a spokesperson for the band, to Canadian newspaper The Intelligencer.
Sources claim that Robertson was in fact, piloting his own plane. An investigation has been launched by Canada's Transportation Safety Board.
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