An Air Tindi plane transporting five people from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson was forced to make an emergency landing near Fort Providence, Monday night.

Chris Reynolds, president of Air Tindi said that he received a call that a scheduled plane had to make a forced manoeuvre.

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Reynolds said the aircraft made an emergency landing about 12 kilometres north of Fort Providence. Everybody was reported safe.

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Linda Croft, who was working fire dispatch in Fort Providence was made aware of the incident and asked to provide standby dispatch service.

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Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the direction of the flight and the location of the plane.