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Plane crash near Resolute Bay kills 12
Military helicopters, medical personnel at crash site
CBC News
Posted: Aug 20, 2011 3:18 PM ET
Last Updated: Aug 20, 2011 5:09 PM ET
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A 737 passenger jet crashed Saturday near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, in Canada's High Arctic, killing 12 people and injuring three others on board.
Nunavut RCMP said First Air charter flight 6560 was travelling from Yellowknife to Resolute Bay with 15 people on board, including four crew members, the CBC's Patricia Bell reported from Iqaluit.
The RCMP said in a release it "was made aware of the possibility of some survivors." A flight list was not immediately available.
The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in CFB Trenton said helicopters and medical personnel are now at the site.
Bell said some people in Resolute Bay saw the crash, not far from the runway of the airport that serves the hamlet of about 200 residents.
"People in the community are understandably quite upset," Bell said.
Hundreds of military personnel are currently in the area for the massive military excerise Operation Nanook. But the co-ordination centre says that the incident was not a part of a simulation planned for the operation.
The plane had been scheduled to continue on to Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is scheduled to travel to Resolute Bay on Monday for his annual trip to the Arctic while Gov.-Gen. David Johnston, who is currently touring the Arctic, was scheduled to hold events in Resolute Bay this weekend.
Kanata, Ont.-based First Air provides scheduled passenger and cargo service between 25 northern communities with connections to Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa.
The airline began in 1946 as Bradley Air Services, offering charter, surveying, passenger and cargo flights across northern Canada.
Plane crash near Resolute Bay kills 12
Military helicopters, medical personnel at crash site
CBC News
Posted: Aug 20, 2011 3:18 PM ET
Last Updated: Aug 20, 2011 5:09 PM ET
Read 16comments16
Related Links
IN DEPTH: Canada's military in the North
External Links
First Air website(Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.)
A 737 passenger jet crashed Saturday near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, in Canada's High Arctic, killing 12 people and injuring three others on board.
Nunavut RCMP said First Air charter flight 6560 was travelling from Yellowknife to Resolute Bay with 15 people on board, including four crew members, the CBC's Patricia Bell reported from Iqaluit.
The RCMP said in a release it "was made aware of the possibility of some survivors." A flight list was not immediately available.
The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in CFB Trenton said helicopters and medical personnel are now at the site.
Bell said some people in Resolute Bay saw the crash, not far from the runway of the airport that serves the hamlet of about 200 residents.
"People in the community are understandably quite upset," Bell said.
Hundreds of military personnel are currently in the area for the massive military excerise Operation Nanook. But the co-ordination centre says that the incident was not a part of a simulation planned for the operation.
The plane had been scheduled to continue on to Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is scheduled to travel to Resolute Bay on Monday for his annual trip to the Arctic while Gov.-Gen. David Johnston, who is currently touring the Arctic, was scheduled to hold events in Resolute Bay this weekend.
Kanata, Ont.-based First Air provides scheduled passenger and cargo service between 25 northern communities with connections to Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa.
The airline began in 1946 as Bradley Air Services, offering charter, surveying, passenger and cargo flights across northern Canada.