{"id":143070,"date":"2018-01-02T00:48:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143070"},"modified":"2018-01-02T00:48:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:48:20","slug":"prominent-uk-ceo-canadian-pilot-victims-of-australia-seaplane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/02\/prominent-uk-ceo-canadian-pilot-victims-of-australia-seaplane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent UK CEO, Canadian pilot victims of Australia seaplane crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tour company Sydney Seaplanes said Gareth Morgan was piloting the plane that crashed Sunday afternoon. (Photo<\/a> by Phillip Capper\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VANCOUVER \u2014 A Canadian pilot was killed in Australia on New Year’s Eve in a seaplane crash that also claimed the lives of a prominent British businessman and his family.<\/p>\n

Tour company Sydney Seaplanes said Gareth Morgan was piloting the plane that crashed Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Sydney Seaplanes CEO Aaron Shaw described Morgan as an \u201cextremely experienced pilot\u201d with more than 10,000 hours of flight time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a personal level, he was deeply respected and liked by me and all of the team here as a man and as a pilot,\u201d Shaw said a statement online. \u201cHe flew my family and I to Palm Beach just before Christmas. We are devastated by his loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morgan had first worked with Sydney Seaplanes in 2011. After flying in the Maldives for several years, Shaw said Morgan returned to work for the company in May.<\/p>\n

Shaw said Morgan’s parents live in Canada and have been notified of his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will support them in any way we can,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Friends of Morgan confirmed he was Canadian and went to school in North Vancouver.<\/p>\n

A Facebook memorial page has been created in honour of the pilot and friends have described him as kind and humble with a passion for flying.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a devout Christian and a good man with a beautiful soul,\u201d wrote Luke Thornley. \u201cGareth leaves behind a loving family, precious friends and all those whom he had a positive impact on through-out his life. There are many whom have been blessed by his presence, his spirit and his energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials said Monday that Compass Group CEO Richard Cousins, his fiancee and her daughter, and his two sons died were also killed.<\/p>\n

Cousins had recently been recognized by the Harvard Business Review for his performance as CEO of the multinational catering company. The 58-year-old planned to step down from his post in March.<\/p>\n

Officials said the single-engine plane sank rapidly after crashing into the Hawkesbury River. The bodies have been recovered.<\/p>\n

Sydney Seaplanes has suspended its flights as the crash is investigated.<\/p>\n

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