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Whitehorse, YT – Yukon Coroner’s Services (YCS) released more details following the fatal plane crash in Haines Junction in the early afternoon of Monday, June 10th.
At 1:52 p.m. Haines Junction RCMP responded to a report of a small aircraft that crashed at the Haines Junction Airport.
Six people, including the pilot, were on board at the time of the crash. YCS identified the passenger who died as 68-year-old Jean-Jacques Gemme, a resident of Amherst, Quebec.
The Cessna U206 aircraft was commercially operated and was returning from a sight-seeing flight in the Haines Junction area.
Gemme had been traveling the Western United States and Canada with his partner since May 4th and was on their way to Alaska when they stopped in Haines Junction.
YCS extended their condolences to the family and the community of Haines Junction.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the Haines Junction RCMP investigation remain ongoing.
