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The Quebec Ministry of Transport renovated the airstrip at the Puvirnituq airport in Nunavik during the summer. However, a special coating installed as part of a pilot project proved problematic: when the runway is wet, large jet aircraft, including the Quebec hospital aircraft, cannot land on the runway that is "slippery". A major unforeseen event considering that this Inuit village is not connected to the rest of the world by any other means o…