Six people died when a small commuter plane carrying workers to a Rio Tinto mine in Canada's icy far north crashed Tuesday shortly after taking off, AFP reported.
According to an aviation source, one person survived.
Canadian Rangers on snowmobiles located the wreckage of the craft, while search and rescue technicians parachuted into the scene.
Northwestern Air, which operated the Jetstream twin turboprop airliner, said the charter flight crashed 1.1 kilometers (0.7 miles) from the end of the runway.