Seven people have died after a small private plane crashed on an island off the east coast of Quebec.
The island of Havre aux Maisons, which is near where the plane crashed. Photo: AFP
Provincial police say six passengers and the pilot were killed in the crash.
Authorities said the plane crashed as it approached Iles-de-la-Madeleine Airport amid heavy winds and snow.
Jean Lapierre, a broadcaster and former Canadian transport minister, was one of the seven passengers on the plane, local TV channel TVA reported.
The plane crashed in the approach to Iles-de-la-Madeleine Airport. Photo: Google Maps
Mr Lapierre worked as a political analyst for CTV and other Canadian media outlets.
He also served as an MP from 1979 to 1993 and again between 2004 and 2007.
Officials with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada were sent to Havre aux Maisons Island in the Magdalen Islands to determine the cause of the crash.
The twin-engine turboprop plane departed from Montreal's St Hubert Airport.
-BBC
