Funeral for plane crash victim held in Toronto

The scene of the plane crash, photo released by OPP.

The scene of the plane crash, photo released by OPP.

A well-attended funeral service was held yesterday in Toronto for 31 year –old Ravindran Arulandar who died last week in a plane crash.

The pilot of the Cessna aircraft, 25 year-old Logesh Lakshmikanthan will have a funeral in India.

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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed the plane went down last Tuesday in Algonquian Provincial Park after running out of fuel.

Arulanander received a diploma in airline ticketing from the International Airlines Ticketing Academy in Sri Lanka in 2000, reported the Toronto Sun.

In Canada, Arulanandar held a variety of jobs, including as a part-time court interpreter, translating statements from Tamil to English, and security officer, added a report from the Toronto Star.