February 16 – Transportation Safety Board of Canada – Press Release

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada s issuing a recommendation (R17-01) calling for Transport Canada to develop strategies to reduce the severity of derailments involving dangerous goods. This recommendation was issued as part of its investigation (R15H0013) into the February 2015 derailment and fire involving a Canadian National Railway crude oil unit freight train near … Read more

February 1 – Transportation Safety Board of Canada – Press Release

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is deploying a team of investigators to Kelowna, British Columbia, where a tugboat sank in Okanagan Lake, leading to the death of the operator. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-8053.

January 25 – Transportation Safety Board of Canada – Press Release

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada released its investigation report (R15V0183) on the collision between two Canadian Pacific Railway trains at the Beavermouth siding near Golden, British Columbia. The investigation highlights deficiencies with following railway signal indications, a TSB Watchlist issue. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-8053.

January 17 – Transportation Safety Board of Canada – Press Release

In its investigation report (A15C0130), the Transportation Safety Board of Canada found that deteriorating weather and departure under conditions of near darkness led to the fatal September 2015 crash of a Robinson R44 helicopter near Foleyet, Ontario. On 8 September 2015, at approximately 2015 Eastern Daylight Time, an Apex Helicopters Inc. Robinson R44 departed a camp on Horwood Lake, Ontario, for the Foleyet Timber … Read more