Chief Todd Aitken has urged the public not to speculate about the cause of the crash as an investigation is conducted.

He said the runway was 'dry' at the time of the crash.

'This is an active investigation. It's very early on. It's important that we do not speculate. What we can say, is the runway was dry and there was no crosswind conditions.'

According to data from Environment Canada, wind gusts reached between 51 to 65 kilometres per hour at the time of the crash, with blowing snow.

'Three of our stations in the airport operating area responded with eight apparatus,' he said.

In all, 18 paramedic units arrived at the scene. When emergency services arrived, a 'self evacuation' was already taking place.

John Nelson was on board the plane when it crashed into the runway on Monday afternoon.

Speaking to CNN in the aftermath of the incident, he described the moment the plane hit the ground and went skidding across the icy runway.

'When we hit, it was super hard,' he said.

'The plane went sideways and I believe we skidded on our side and flipped over on our back.'

The moment the plane stopped, Nelson noticed 'there was a big fireball on the left side of the plane.'

He said: 'I did notice the winds were super gusty. The snow had kinda blown over the runways. So coming it was routine but it was noticeable that the runways were in kind of a weird condition.

'Thankfully everybody was okay. We tried to get off as quickly as possible.There was another explosion, but luckily, the firefighters got out of there.'