There have been no reported fatalities in the crash of a regional airliner in northern Saskatchewan in Canada on Wednesday. The West Wind Aviation ATR 42 was carrying a total of 25 people when it went down just after takeoff from Fond du Lac, on a scheduled flight to Stony Rapids, also a remote northern community. The aircraft crashed less than a mile from the airport and remained largely intact.
Fond du Lac is on the east side of Lake Athabasca, about 1,000 miles north of the U.S. border, and is a Dene First Nations community. Rick Philipenko, a spokesman for the Saskatoon-based carrier, confirmed the mishap to the National Post.“The primary concern for us right now is making sure that the passengers and crew are looked after,” he said.
