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Plane makes emergency landing in Pickle Lake

A DC3 aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the Pickle Lake airport on Friday.
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A North Star Air plane was involved in an accident on Friday, March 17, 2017 near Pickle Lake (handout).

PICKLE LAKE -- A North Star Air BT-67 cargo aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the Pickle Lake airport on Friday.

Ontario Provincial Police officers were called to the airport at 12:20 p.m. 

The two pilots and single crew member were uninjured in the incident. 

"North Star Air is fully co-operating with the investigation and will release further information as it becomes available," a company spokeswoman said in a release issued by the airline.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada officials will arrive in Pickle Lake on March 18 to investigate the incident. 





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