An Air Tindi flight from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson, N.W.T., made an emergency landing Monday evening, but no serious injuries were reported, says the airline’s president.
Chris Reynolds said three passengers and two pilots were on board a Twin Otter that went down about 10 kilometres outside of Fort Providence, N.W.T., at around 6:30 p.m. MT.
Fort Providence is about 315 kilometres southwest of Yellowknife.
Reynolds said there was “a mechanical issue with an engine failure.”
“We don’t know why yet, we just had a call from the flight crew about the issue and we activated our emergency response,” he said.
The flight was diverted to Fort Providence, but didn’t make it all the way there.
Reynolds said everyone on board was OK and RCMP were at the scene.
Source: cbc.ca