A bird may have been responsible for the crash of a Snowbirds jet near Kamloops B.C that killed Captain Jenn Casey, the public affairs officer for the aerobatics team.

Video footage shows a bird was close to the Tutor aircraft just after take-off, and may have struck the right engine.

The jet was climbing at the time, but then turned and went into a steep nose dive before hitting the ground in a residential neighbourhood.