1953 Quebec Noorduyn Norseman crash
Mont Laurier Aviation Noorduyn Norseman · Forced landing in wilderness, prolonged survival, successful rescue
From Fort Chimo, Canada to Roberval, Canada
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 7
- Survivors
- 7
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Noorduyn Norseman
- Aircraft type
- Noorduyn NORSEMAN
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- CF-CPL
- Operator
- Mont Laurier Aviation
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Fort Chimo, CanadaTo Roberval, Canada
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
The 1953 Quebec Noorduyn Norseman crash, was an aviation incident in which a Noorduyn Norseman floatplane carrying seven people became lost in the wilderness of northern Quebec, Canada, after a forced landing on a remote lake during a flight from Fort Chimo to Roberval.
The search operation, codenamed Operation Chimo, ultimately became the largest search-and-rescue mission conducted in Canada. After nearly six weeks of isolation, all occupants were rescued alive following an extensive multi-agency search operation involving the Royal Canadian Air Force and civilian operators.
Flight and forced landing
The Noorduyn Norseman CF-CPL departed from Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq) bound for Roberval, Quebec. During the flight over poorly mapped northern terrain, the aircraft became lost and eventually made a forced landing on Lake Emmanuel in the wilderness. Search efforts began shortly afterward but were repeatedly hampered by the vast and unmapped region.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1953 Quebec Noorduyn Norseman crash
- Revision
- 1368574610 · 2026-08-09 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q140331131
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1953 Quebec Noorduyn Norseman crash" (page 83528632, revision 1368574610)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.