YELLOWKNIFE — A small airplane directing the battle in opposition to wildfires within the Northwest Territories has crashed, killing all three occupants on board.
The crash occurred on Wednesday evening, 50 kilometres from Fort Simpson, west of Yellowknife.
RCMP say officers have reached the crash web site and are investigating. A Transportation Security Board crew can be concerned.
They are saying the plane is a Turbo Commander 960 Fowl Canine, which is often used as an airborne command centre to co-ordinate firefighting operations.
Buffalo Airways says in a Fb publish that it was working a Turbo Commander 690 on Wednesday that was concerned in an incident.
“Our group is grieving alongside the households, pals, colleagues, and the broader wildfire group as we course of this unthinkable loss,” NWT Fireplace mentioned in a Fb publish on Thursday afternoon, noting that the airplane was supporting wildfire suppression efforts on a blaze within the Marten Hills space. “We’ll honour those that misplaced their lives within the line of responsibility on the applicable time and in accordance with the desires of their households.”
The hearth started on Tuesday. In keeping with the territorial authorities’s web site, the naturally prompted blaze was about one sq. kilometre.
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