A Twin Otter plane carrying eight passengers and two crew members has gone down about 300 kilometres north-east of Yellowknife.
The privately chartered flight went down at 12:45 MT and crew are reporting solely minor accidents, based on Chris Reynolds, president of Air Tindi, a small N.W.T.-based airline.
Army search and rescue has been dispatched to the positioning the place passengers and crew have taken shelter, Reynolds mentioned, and the airline’s personal plane has additionally been working to get to the group.
“We have been taken without warning. There was no warning that it was going to occur. So we’re simply undecided what occurred,” Reynolds mentioned, including that he’s presently centered on getting everybody out safely.
Air Tindi focuses on flying to distant components of the North and has been in operation since 1988. Its fleet consists of six Twin Otter planes and a number of other others of various fashions. In accordance with its web site it operates every day scheduled flights, Air Ambulance companies, and chartered flights catered to vacationers or the wants of individuals working in mining and authorities.
Reynolds mentioned the airplane, which was on skis, went down within the space of the Diavik diamond mine camp, however the airplane was not carrying passengers both to or from the camp.
Reynolds mentioned these concerned know precisely the place the passengers and crew are sheltered because of satellite tv for pc monitoring and one other airplane that was capable of fly over the world and spot them.
“We’re undecided presently in the event that they’re gonna must spend the evening, however they’re in a shelter there by the plane,” he mentioned.
“The climate is kind of poor and blowing snow. Winds are very sturdy up there, so it’s hampering attending to the plane, however we’re engaged on that proper now,” he mentioned.
Chatting with CBC Information round 5:30 p.m. MT, Reynolds mentioned he had not but seen the crash website himself, and didn’t supply info on the situation of the airplane or the way it landed.
As soon as the group is rescued from the positioning, they are going to be taken to Yellowknife the place these with accidents might be handled.