Rio Tinto: Workers, Airline Crew Killed in Canada Plane Crash
January 24 2024 - 3:21PM
Dow Jones News
By Robb M. Stewart
Four workers and two airline crew were killed when a plane
crashed en route to Rio Tinto's diamond mine in northern Canada,
the company said Wednesday.
Rio Tinto said the workers and crew died in the crash near Fort
Smith, Northwest Territories, while another employee from the
Diavik mine survived and received treatment in hospital.
Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said the company would work with
authorities to support efforts to understand what happened.
"We are feeling numb with the devastating news that we have lost
dear friends and colleagues," Stausholm said, adding he would head
to the Northwest Territories to offer support.
The Diavik mine, started by Rio Tinto in 2003, is located about
124 miles south of the Arctic Circle at the bottom of Lac de
Gras.
Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 24, 2024 15:06 ET (20:06 GMT)
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