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Posted December 23, 2012 12:00 am.

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SANIKILUAQ, Nunavut – At least one person is dead and several others injured after a chartered plane crashed Saturday night in Nunavut, the airline that owns the plane confirmed.

The Perimeter Aviation plane went down in the community of Sanikiluaq, located on the Belcher Islands in the southeastern corner of Hudson Bay.

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