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INUVIK - A charter plane made an emergency landing on the Dempster Highway on Saturday after both engines failed, forcing the pilot to land.

The plane owned by North-Wright Airways Ltd., a Norman Wells charter company with an office in Inuvik, landed approximately 15 km out of town at the 242 km marker of the highway sometime early Saturday afternoon.

The Inuvik fire department along with the RCMP, Highway patrol and the town's by-law unit responded to the emergency.

There were no passengers on board and the pilot was not injured in the incident. Mechanics for North-Wright Airways were headed to the scene late Saturday afternoon to repair the plane so the pilot could continue on to the Inuvik airport.

No information was available as to where the plane was coming from.

The highway was closed to traffic Saturday afternoon.

At press time, North-Wright could not offer any information as to why the engines failed.

Fire Chief Al German could not comment on the incident because of limited knowledge of what had happened.