The family of one of the pilots who died in a Bearskin Airlines crash Sunday in northern Ontario says he wanted to fly planes from an early age.
From his early roots in India to his life growing up in Mississauga, Aniruddh Sawant thought about little else but flying.
On his Twitter page, the 25-year-old described his interests this way: “Make music. Fly planes. Eat food. Repeat.”
Sawant and Captain Peter Traczuk, 34, were among five people to die when the twin-engine Metro Fairchild turboprop crashed after declaring an emergency on approach to Red Lake’s airport.
Two passengers survived.
Younger brother, Sid Sawant, said music and flying were Aniruddh’s twin passions.
Sawant, who had relocated to Winnipeg to work for Bearskin, spent his teen years in Mississauga after the family moved to Canada about 18 years ago.
Sawant went to Cawthra Park Secondary School in Mississauga and enrolled in the arts, which kindled his love of music.
Sawant was a long-time member of the 845 Avro Arrow Squadron air cadet program in Mississauga until he was 18, when he obtained both his gliders pilots licence and his private pilots licence.
12/11/13 Curtis Rush/The Star.com
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From his early roots in India to his life growing up in Mississauga, Aniruddh Sawant thought about little else but flying.
On his Twitter page, the 25-year-old described his interests this way: “Make music. Fly planes. Eat food. Repeat.”
Sawant and Captain Peter Traczuk, 34, were among five people to die when the twin-engine Metro Fairchild turboprop crashed after declaring an emergency on approach to Red Lake’s airport.
Two passengers survived.
Younger brother, Sid Sawant, said music and flying were Aniruddh’s twin passions.
Sawant, who had relocated to Winnipeg to work for Bearskin, spent his teen years in Mississauga after the family moved to Canada about 18 years ago.
Sawant went to Cawthra Park Secondary School in Mississauga and enrolled in the arts, which kindled his love of music.
Sawant was a long-time member of the 845 Avro Arrow Squadron air cadet program in Mississauga until he was 18, when he obtained both his gliders pilots licence and his private pilots licence.
12/11/13 Curtis Rush/The Star.com
