Fines Issued After Plane With Russian Nationals on Board Grounded in Yellowknife

Fines Issued After Plane With Russian Nationals on Board Grounded in Yellowknife
The control tower at Yellowknife Airport on Aug. 21, 2001. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody
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Transport Canada says a plane carrying two Russian nationals that was grounded in Yellowknife last week broke airspace restrictions.

It says the plane’s two pilots and the Russian who chartered the plane each have been fined $3,000, while the Geneva-based aircraft operator has been fined $15,000.