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Date: | Wednesday 12 June 1968 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairchild F-27J |
Owner/operator: | Great Northern Airways |
Registration: | CF-GND |
MSN: | 113 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Resolute Airport, NU (YRB) -
Canada
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Yellowknife Airport, NT (YZF/CYZF) |
Destination airport: | Sherrard Bay Airstrip, NU |
Narrative:The flight originated in Calgary (YYC) to Yellowknife (YZF) and continued to Sherrard Bay but diverted to Resolute Airport (YRB) due to headwinds being much stronger than forecast. A forced landing was carried out near Resolute Airport.
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photo (c) Maj Knapik; near Resolute Airport, NU (YRB); 15 August 2013
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