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LES BERGERONNES — Britain’s Foreign Office says four Britons were among six people killed when a sightseeing seaplane crashed in a remote area of Quebec’s Lower North Shore on Sunday.

The ministry did not name the victims of the crash, which took place in a wooded area near the community of Les Bergeronnes, about 250 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.

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The Foreign Office said Tuesday that British officials were in contact with Canadian authorities.

The Air Saguenay plane was taking part in a routine sightseeing flight from Lac Long in Tadoussac when it went down around 1:40 p.m. on Sunday, killing the pilot and all five passengers on board.

The airline’s vice-president said the flight was only supposed to last 20 minutes and weather conditions appeared to have been “perfect” at the time. Jean Tremblay also said the pilot had more than 6,000 hours of flying experience, all of them with Air Saguenay, where he had worked for 14 years.