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Buffalo Airways DC-3 returns to Hay River due to engine fire

A Buffalo Airways DC-3 made a quick return to Hay River Wednesday morning shortly after takeoff as its left engine was on fire.
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A Buffalo Airways DC-3 made a quick return to Hay River Wednesday morning shortly after takeoff as its left engine was on fire.

Two Buffalo Airways DC-3s at a Northern gravel airstrip in the summer of 2006. One of the airline's DC-3s made a quick return to Hay River Wednesday morning shortly after takeoff as its left engine was on fire. (Buffalo Airways)

The incident happened seven minutes after takeoff from the Hay River airport destined for Yellowknife. The plane returned and landed safely at Hay River shortly after 7:30 a.m.

Nav Canada filed an incident report with Transport Canada.

It says Buffalo Airways personnel extinguished the fire in the left engine after the plane landed. 

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