'It's what we're supposed to do': man helps rescue pilot after Langley plane crash

Kirk Wood just happened to be driving home from a doctor's appointment Tuesday afternoon, moments before a plane came crashing down at the Langley Regional Airport.

Kirk Wood just happened to be driving home from a doctor’s appointment Tuesday afternoon, moments before a plane came crashing down at the Langley Regional Airport.

“I saw one plane land ahead of it. I was probably five to seven cars back of a traffic light,” Wood told CTV News.

“The light went green, I saw another plane come in pretty low, and at one point realized there was going to be a crash,” he continued.

Unfortunately, Wood was right.

Just after 3 p.m. Tuesday, the plane came crashing down, striking a Township of Langley pick-up truck on its way down before catching fire.

Wood, a former firefighter, says he pulled over, called 9-1-1, then dashed towards the scene.

“I ran down the road across a bit of a swampy ditch there towards the aircraft, the fire had started at that point, I’m trying to replay it all in my mind, but it was big enough that it was concerning,” Wood said.