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Accident | |
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Date | 23 January 2024 |
Summary | Collision with terrain |
Site | near Fort Smith Airport, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, South Slave Region, Canada |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | British Aerospace Jetstream |
Operator | Northwestern Air |
IATA flight No. | J3738 |
ICAO flight No. | PLR738 |
Call sign | POLARIS 738 |
Registration | C-FNAA |
Flight origin | Fort Smith Airport |
Destination | Diavik Diamond Mine Airport |
Occupants | 7 |
Passengers | 5 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 6 |
Injuries | 1 |
Survivors | 1 |
On 23 January 2024, Northwestern Air Flight 738, a British Aerospace Jetstream, was chartered by the Rio Tinto Group to carry mine workers from Fort Smith to the Diavik Diamond Mine, located around 300 km (190 mi) northeast of Yellowknife. [1] [2] The aircraft crashed shortly after take off, 500 m (1,600 ft) from the runway near Fort Smith Airport, killing six of the seven passengers and crew. [3] [4] [5] [6] The only survivor was taken to the Fort Smith Health Centre and was later airlifted to the Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife for further treatment. [1] [7]
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada sent a team to investigate the cause of the crash. [8] As of January 30, they recovered the aircraft's cockpit voice recorder. [9]