What the records say
- When
- 20 Aug 2011
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 74.72° N, 94.92° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 12
- Injured
- 3
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
First Air Flight 6560
2011 aircraft accident in Canada
First Air Flight 6560 was a domestic charter flight that crashed on landing at Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, on 20 August 2011. Of the fifteen people on board, twelve were killed and the remaining three were severely injured. The Boeing 737-200 of First Air was operating a service from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, when it struck a hill obscured by clouds near Resolute Bay Airport.
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