Perilous
Times
12 killed in Arctic plane crash of A Boeing 737 Passenger
plane
* From: AFP
* August 21, 2011 8:24AM
TWELVE people were killed and three others injured when a
passenger jet crashed in the Canadian Arctic, local media quoted
police as saying.
A Boeing 737 operated by First Air with 15 people on board crashed
near Resolute Bay in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, police said.
The plane was en route from Yellowknife to Resolute Bay when it
crashed. Doctors were already at the scene, according to emergency
services at the Trenton military base in Ontario.
Police and local officials in Resolute Bay - home to about 200
people - were not immediately available for comment on what may
have caused the deadly crash.
First Air links about 25 communities in Canada's far north to
major cities such as Ottawa, Montreal and Edmonton.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was expected in Resolute Bay on
Monday.