Air Tindi pilot lands his Cessna 208 Caravan safely on the ice of Great Slave Lake near Yellowknife

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Air Tindi (Yellowknife) flight from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson yesterday (November 20) was forced to turn back after departure. However the airliner was forced to make a safe landing on the ice of frozen Great Slave Lake due to poor weather at the airport. The six people on board were later airlifted to the airport. The Cessna is still on the lake.

The aircraft took off from Yellowknife with reported freezing drizzle.

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