First Air Flight 6560 was a scheduled domestic flight connecting Yellowknife Airport, Canada and Resolute Bay, Canada. The Boeing 737-210C crashed into terrain 1 mile from the runway, catching fire. Of the 15 people on board, 12 perished while 3 survived with severe injuries.

First Air Flight 6560 was a domestic charter flight that crashed on landing at Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, on 20 August 2011. Of the 15 people on board, 12 were killed and the remaining three were severely injured. The Boeing 737-200 of First Air was operating a service from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, when it struck a hill obscured by clouds near Resolute Bay Airport.

Yellowknife Airport is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by the Government of the Northwest Territories. The airport has regular scheduled passenger service and a number of freight services. In 2024, the airport handled 604,000 passengers.

Resolute Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Named after the Arctic exploration vessel HMS Resolute, it is located in Parry Channel^map on the southern side of Cornwallis Island.^map The hamlet of Resolute^map is located on the northern shore of the bay with Resolute Bay Airport^map to the northwest. The Inuit associated with Resolute Bay are called Qausuittuq and the population of the hamlet in the 2021 census was 183.

The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines. Envisioned in 1964, the initial 737-100 made its first flight in April 1967 and entered service in February 1968 with Lufthansa. The lengthened 737-200 entered service in April 1968, and evolved through four generations, offering several variants for 85 to 215 passengers.