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Canadian FM says 57 Canadian victims in plane crash, not 63

Canada's Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a news conference on Friday that the number of Canadian victims from Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 is 57, not 63 as was first stated.

Champagne said that the government will create an emergency task force to help the families of the plane crash victims, and is coordinating with the UK, Ukraine, Sweden, and Afghanistan to help the families of the other plane crash victims as well.