What happened
On August 20, 2011, at approximately 12:30 central daylight time, a Boeing 737-200 operated by First Air was on approach to land at Resolute Bay Airport in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada. The aircraft, registration CGNWN, was configured for both passenger and freight transport and was powered by Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines.
During the approach, the aircraft impacted terrain roughly 1 mile east of the airport. The accident resulted in 12 fatalities among the fifteen people on board, which included four crew members and eleven passengers. There were no survivors.