Investigation may be launched in to `Octpussy` jet crash

The Transportation Safety Board has yet to decide if it will launch a full investigation into a crash at the Carp Airport on Friday afternoon - reports CBC.

Toronto pilot Scott Manning, 48, was killed when his BD-5 microjet crashed during a practice for the weekend air show.



The safety board launches an accident investigation only if it believes transportation in Canada can be made safer by a review of the event.

If it doesn't see an opportunity to reduce future risk, the board will simply record the incident as a statistic.

The BD-5 is often described as the world's smallest jet.

Also known as the Stinger, the jet that crashed Friday is one of just six BD-5s in the world. It was built and flown by Manning.

BD-5s have been used by the U.S. government for secret radar testing, and one was featured in the James Bond film Octopussy.

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