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Canadian authorities say the death toll from a small plane crash in Canada's Northwest Territories is six.

Canadian authorities say the death toll from a small plane crash in Canada's Northwest Territories is six.

Canadian authorities say the death toll from a small plane crash in Canada's Northwest Territories is six.

The charter plane, a British Aerospace Jetstream 3212 operated by Northwestern Air Lease, was headed Tuesday morning to the Diavik Diamond Mine, some 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife.

Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton confirmed the military responded when the plane lost contact shortly after taking off near Fort Smith

The Northwest Territories coroners office is expected to provide an update this morning into a deadly plane crash near the town of Fort Smith.

The Northwest Territories Coroners Service says there are fatalities from a passenger plane that crashed Tuesday near the community of Fort Smith.

A coroner’s service in Canada’s Northwest Territories said there are fatalities from a plane crash near community of Fort Smith. The Northwest Territories Coroner’s Service did not say how many have died or give further details, saying it must first notify next of kin. There was no word yet how many people were on board the plane. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority in Fort Smith said it activated its mass casualty protocol after the morning crash. The plane that...

Hospital in the town of Fort Smith prepares to receive several wounded patients

The exact number of those killed was not officially released, pending next of kin notification.