First Air Flight 6560 was a domestic charter flight that crashed on landing at Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, on 20 August 2011. Of the 15 people on board, 12 were killed and the remaining three were severely injured. The Boeing 737-200 of First Air was operating a service from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, when it struck a hill in cloud near Resolute Bay Airport.
The wreckage of Flight 6560 at the crash site
C-GNWN, the aircraft involved, seen 6 months before the accident
Resolute or Resolute Bay is an Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is situated at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region.
Resolute in August 1997. Visible on the left is a long school building (brown).
Resolute Bay, Nunavut, 2002
Resolute at Sundown, 2002
Stone Cairn, 2002