Six individuals have been killed and just one individual survived after a airplane crashed Tuesday close to Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, in accordance with the chief coroner for the territory.
The airplane crash occurred close to the boundary between the territory and Alberta.
In a information launch issued Wednesday morning, the coroner’s workplace mentioned 4 passengers have been among the many lifeless, in addition to two Northwestern Air Lease crew members.
The lone survivor was taken to Fort Smith Well being Centre earlier than being airlifted to a well being facility in Yellowknife.
On Tuesday, the mining agency Rio Tinto mentioned a variety of its employees have been on the airplane and that it was headed to the Diavik Diamond Mine, about 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife.
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The Transportation Security Board of Canada mentioned the airplane that crashed close to Fort Smith was a British Aerospace Jetstream registered to Northwestern Air Lease.
The airline’s web site says it has two of the planes in its fleet that may carry 19 passengers.
RCMP mentioned in an e-mail that Transport Canada and search-and-rescue groups have been introduced in.
On Tuesday, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton confirmed the navy responded after an plane misplaced contact shortly after taking off close to Fort Smith, about 740 kilometres south of Yellowknife.
The Air Pressure, RCMP and Canadian Rangers have been all concerned within the search-and-rescue, mentioned David Lavallee, a public affairs officer with Search and Rescue Area Trenton.
Three Air Pressure squadrons offered air help, whereas police and rangers carried out a search on the bottom, he mentioned.
The Northwest Territories Well being and Social Providers Authority (NTHSSA) suggested residents that Fort Smith Well being Centre activated “its mass casualty protocol at roughly 8:50 a.m. Tuesday in response to an aviation incident close to the neighborhood.
On Wednesday, NTHSSA communications supervisor David Maguire instructed International Information that this protocol was put into place to organize assets to “make sure the well being centre is at-the-ready to help response efforts.”
He mentioned one instance of what this motion did was to divert booked appointments.
–With information from The Canadian Press and International Information’ Karen Bartko and Emily Mertz
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