Coral Harbour – Rankin Inlet – Churchill – Winnipeg

On June 18, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Coral Harbour – Rankin Inlet – Churchill – Winnipeg experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by World-Wide Airways, with the event recorded near Coral Harbour Nunavut.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed past the runway end. The airplane was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-HVJ, MSN 30222, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 64.1387°, -83.1636°.