Photo: an emergency visitor from Russia

An Iqaluit ambulance stands in front of Aeroflot flight 107 on the airport tarmac Oct. 5, shortly after 2 p.m., when the flight was diverted to Iqaluit after a passenger suffered a medical emergency. The Boeing 777-300ER, en route from Moscow to Los Angeles, took off again after about two hours, with the passenger remaining at Qikiqtani General Hospital. (PHOTO BY BRIAN TATTUINEE)