Plane Traveling To Resolute Bay Crashes In Canadian Arctic, 12 Killed

Plane traveling to Resolute Bay crashes in Canadian Arctic, 12 killed

First Air charter flight, number 6560, was traveling from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories to Resolute Bay, and was scheduled to continue on to Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island.A chartered Boeing 737-200 plane crashed as it was approaching an airport in Canada's Arctic region, killing 12 people and injuring three, police said.

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