On 12 May 1962, an Eastern Provincial Airways Canso amphibian flying boat operating for Greenlandair (now Air Greenland) sank at Godthåb (now Nuuk) in Greenland, causing the death of 15 passengers.

[1] The Catalina was operating a scheduled flight from Kangerlussuaq Airport to Godthåb for Greenlandair with 21 on board, while landing on the water at Goodthab harbour it sank with 15 passengers being killed.

[2] The aircraft CF-IHA was a Canadian-built variant of the Consolidated Catalina built by Canadian-Vickers in 1944.

[1] It was built for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) with serial number 11058 until it was sold in 1947.

A technical investigation concluded that the nose wheel doors had not closed properly probably due to mechanical failure.