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A plane carrying Rio Tinto workers has crashed while heading to a diamond mine in Canada's remote Northwest Territories, leaving an unconfirmed number dead.
The Northwest Territories Coroner's Service says there are fatalities from a passenger plane that crashed Tuesday near the community of Fort Smith.
(Reuters) -A small plane carrying Rio Tinto workers crashed near Fort Smith in Canada's remote Northwest Territories on Tuesday during a flight to its Diavik diamond mine, killing some people on board.
Unknown number of injuries, officials say, but at least 10 awaiting rescue
FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — A health centre in the Northwest Territories activated its mass casualty protocol Tuesday after a passenger plane crashed near a community along the Alberta boundary.