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Two people are dead and seven more are injured after a Twin Otter float plane crashed in the city of Yellowknife Thursday afternoon.

Killed are the aircraft’s two pilots. Of the seven passengers, one has been medevaced to Edmonton with a back injury. Another has undergone surgery in Yellowknife for a fractured femur. Five more are listed in stable condition.The incident occurred just after 1 p.m. local time in the Old Town neighbourhood of Yellowknife, on a narrow peninsula that juts into Great Slave Lake. Landing in heavy wind, the plane reportedly clipped a power line before crashing into a gravel parking lot between two buildings.

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As sounds of the early afternoon crash echoed through town – and nearby residents saw their electricity knocked out – locals rushed to the scene to pull survivors from the wreckage. Photos of the crash site show the battered aircraft tangled in electrical wires. The airplane’s nose and cockpit are completely crushed.