Helicopter crash in Canadian Arctic leaves three dead Oliver O Connell
Three people have died in a helicopter crash in the Canadian Arctic, officials say.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the crash took place on Griffith Island near Resolute Bay in Nunavut.
They were alerted about a missing helicopter on Sunday night after it failed to land at its scheduled time and there was no contact from those on board.
A two-person search and rescue team located the crash site in the early hours of Monday and confirmed there were no survivors.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will deploy a team to the island to establish the cause of the crash of the Airbus AS350 utility helicopter.