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Tearful pilot apologizes for crash

March 19, 2008, Winnipeg – The pilot in a deadly Winnipeg plane crash almost six years ago has
offered a tearful apology to his passengers at a sentencing hearing.

Mark Tayfel was convicted of several criminal charges last November for
the June 2002 crash of a small twin-engine plane in the middle of a
busy intersection after it ran out of fuel.

An American tourist, 79-year-old Chester Jones, died a few weeks later from the injuries he sustained in the accident.

Mr. Tayfel says Mr. Jones' death was the worst news he ever heard.

He says he wants people to know he's sorry.

Justice Holly Beard reserved her decision.