J.O. Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Other passengers suffer non-life threatening injuries on flight from WinnipegCBC NewsPosted: Dec 22, 2012 9:22 PM CST Last Updated: Dec 23, 2012 4:18 AM CSTA plane en route to Nunavut from Winnipeg has crashed with nine people aboard, killing a six-month-old child, RCMP say.Perimeter Aviation charter flight 671 was carrying seven passengers — including the infant — a pilot, and a co-pilot when it aborted a landing and crashed as it approached Sanikiluaq at approximatley 6:13 p.m. ET. RCMP said in a news release the plane was a Fairchild Metro 3/23 twin-engine turbo prop that crashed close to the end of the runway, south of the airport.Sanikiluaq is an Inuit community of 850 residents and the southernmost community in the territory, situated on the Belcher Islands in southeastern Hudson Bay, only about 150 kilometres from Quebec.More here...http://www.cbc.ca/ne...lane-crash.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnaker Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Terrible news. I flew in to Sanikiluaq years ago and it can have some challenging weather with fog and winds.I wonder how the lap held infant rule will hold up after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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