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No injuries reported after aircraft lands on highway outside Fort Simpson

Transportation Safety Board says investigators won't be deployed but information still being gathered to determine cause
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The aircraft that landed on a gravel portion of Highway 1 north of Fort Simpson sits upright as vehicles come to a stop. Contributed photo

Everyone aboard the plane that made an emergency landing on Highway 1 near Fort Simpson on Thursday afternoon is reportedly uninjured.

Fort Simpson were the first to respond to what it called an "aviation incident" that happened north of the village around the area of Marten River.

In response to questions from SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ about the incident, Liam McDonald, media relations co-ordinator for the Transportation Safety Board, said it was a "forced approach" with one pilot and two passengers aboard.

No injuries were reported as a result, nor was there any damage to the aircraft, McDonald added.

"We are currently gathering information and assessing the occurrence, but we are not deploying investigators," he said.

Once the TSB has finished gathering information, the classification of the investigation would be determined according to the TSB's .

The plane in question is apparently a De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, according to someone at the scene. A search of the call letters on the aircraft SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½” C-GMGD SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½” shows that it was once operated by Alpine Aviation based in Whitehorse. A logo on the tail of the plane would indicate that it is now operated by Simpson Air.

SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ has contacted the Department of Infrastructure to see if that particular stretch of highway remains closed or has reopened to traffic. A response was still pending as of the time of publication.



About the Author: James McCarthy

I'm the managing editor with SA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ and have been so since 2022.
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