Rio Tinto workers among six dead after charter plane crash in north-west Canada

The plane took off from the airport in Fort Smith, and then crashed near the banks of the Slave River

Six people died when a small plane carrying employees of the Rio Tinto mining company crashed in Canada’s Northwest Territories on Tuesday, authorities have confirmed (Picture: Jason Franson/The Canadian Press/AP)

Six people died when a small plane carrying employees of the Rio Tinto mining company crashed in Canada’s Northwest Territories on Tuesday, authorities have confirmed.

The Northwest Territories coroner’s office said four passengers and two crew members from Northwestern Air Lease were killed, while a lone survivor was taken to hospital and later airlifted to Yellowknife.