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TSB completes draft report on fatal Sanikiluaq plane crash

The Transportation Safety Board says it has completed its draft report on a December 2012 plane crash that killed a six-month-old boy.
On Dec. 22, 2012, a Perimeter Aviation plane touched down hard on its second approach to the Sanikiluaq airport and came to rest between 150 and 200 metres past the end of the runway.

The Transportation Safety Board says it has completed its draft report on a deadly plane crash that occurred in Sanikiluaq in December 2012.

Six-month-old Isaac Appaqaq died in the Dec. 22 crash in Sanikiluaq. (Submitted)
The Fairchild Metro twin-engine aircraft was travelling to the community from Winnipeg on Dec. 22, 2012, when it touched down hard on its second approach to the airport and ended up past the end of the runway.

Six-month-old Isaac Appaqaq died in the crash. Eight other people on board the Perimeter Aviation charter, including the pilot and co-pilot survived.  Some were injured.

The TSB says the draft report will now go through an internal review and then there will be an external review by a select group of aviation experts.

A TSB spokesperson says it's still not clear when the report will be released.