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How a military team parachuted into the N.W.T. wilderness to rescue plane crash survivors

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A military search and rescue team from 17 Wing Winnipeg navigated through treacherous terrain and weather to save 10 people whose plane had crashed about 300 kilometres north of Yellowknife last week. 

The Twin Otter plane operated by Air Tindi, a Yellowknife-based airline, was carrying eight passengers and two crew members when it went down on the afternoon of Dec. 27.

The search and rescue team was dispatched that night on a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130 Hercules. 

Hercules aircraft commander Capt. Jason Shaw said the team was able to find the crash site using satellite tracking. 

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But the low visibility and strong winds that evening

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