Baby dies in Nunavut plane crash

A plane en route to Nunavut from Winnipeg has crashed with nine people aboard, killing a six-month-old boy, RCMP say.

Perimeter Aviationcharter flight 671 wascarrying seven passengersincludingthe infanta pilot, and a co-pilot when itaborted a landing and crashedas it approachedSanikiluaq atapproximately 6:13 p.m. ET. RCMP said in a news release the plane was a Fairchild Metro 3/23 twin-engine turbo prop that crashed close to the end of the runway, south of the airport.

Sanikiluaq is an Inuit community of 850 residents andthe southernmost community in the territory, situated on the Belcher Islands in southeastern Hudson Bay, only about 150 kilometres from Quebec.

The RCMP and the Chief Coroner of Nunavutare attending the crash site.

Airline president Mark Wehrle said Nunavut authoritieshad told himone person died, and a number of others aboard were injured. All the injuries are non-life threatening, CBC's Neville Crabbe reported from the territory.

The co-pilot was flown to Winnipeg for treatment,while the captainwas being treated at the scene. Wehrle said the flight was chartered for Keewatin Air, which schedules three trips a week between Winnipeg and Sanikiluaq.

He said Keewatin usually flies people from the small community in and out of Winnipeg for medical treatment.

Wehrle said six stafffrom Perimeter and Keewatin were heading to the community.

"We're arranging to go up and meet with the community and all the people involved and work with the authorities to determine the cause and go from there."

The Transportation Safety Board has decided to do a full investigation and report on the crash. They will decide today whether they will send investigators to the crash site.

According to its website, Perimeter Aviation is a Manitoba company with scheduled flights, a flight training school, and charter and contract flying with destinations through North America.It operates more than 30 aircraft.