On 20 August 2011 , First Air Flight 6560 , a Boeing 737-200 charter flight transporting eleven passengers from Yellowknife , crashed while approaching the airport . Out of the fifteen people aboard , three passengers survived the crash ; the four crew members perished . The extreme magnetic variation in the area was cited as a contributing factor to the crew 's errors leading to the crash
Flight 6560
First Air Flight 6560
Resolute Bay Airport