Residents in Haines Junction, Yukon, dealing with aftermath of fatal plane crash
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The mayor of Haines Junction, Yukon, says the community is pulling together after a small plane crashed at the community's airport on Monday, killing one person.
Several others were transported by medevac to hospital. The same day, a number of ambulances, RCMP vehicles and fire trucks could be heard racing to the site.
The small plane had capacity for five passengers, but officials have yet to confirm the number of people on board at the time of the accident, or the identity of the deceased victim.
Haines Junction Mayor Bruce Tomlin said local residents were directly involved with the first response and that everyone is dealing with the aftermath in their own way.
"Everyone knows everybody, and there's a lot of people involved in the ambulance, fire response to accidents up and down the highway, at the airport… everybody pulls together," Tomlin said.
In an email to CBC News on Monday, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said a Cessna U206G aircraft "collided with terrain on the airport's ground."
A team of investigators from the TSB was dispatched later that evening and was expected to reach the community at some point on Tuesday.
The Yukon RCMP and coroner's office are also involved in the investigation.
Tomlin said there will be time for healing and reflection over the next few weeks.
Just over 1,000 people live in Haines Junction.
Ron Chambers is a Haines Junction search and rescue veteran. He says in communities this size, acting as a first responder takes a toll.
"It gets personal, it gets very personal," he said.
The plane that crashed was owned by Rocking Star Adventures Ltd., a tour company with locations in Haines Junction and Burwash Landing.
Seeing small passenger planes come and go is a regular occurrence for those in the Junction. Tourists are drawn to the community by the opportunity to tour Kluane National Park and nearby glaciers from the skies.
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