Canadian authorities say a plane en route from Winnipeg to the remote Arctic territory of Nunavut has crashed with nine people on board.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp., citing a Nunavut government official, reports that the Perimeter Aviation plane aborted a landing and crashed less than a kilometre from the end of a runway in the community of Sanikiluaq. The CBC says the plane was carrying seven passengers and two crew and went down at about 6 p.m. eastern time. Officials indicated there were survivors.
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