The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (P14H0011) into the 25 January 2014 rupture of a TransCanada PipeLines Limited pipeline. A 30-inch natural gas pipeline, Line 400-1, ruptured and ignited at the site of Mainline Valve 402 near Otterburne, Manitoba. The escaping gas burned for approximately 12 hours. Five residences in … Read more
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to the site of an accident near Seibert Lake, Alberta, involving a Cessna 182L. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. The full release is available online. Call 819–994–8053.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (R14W0041) into the 15 February 2014 derailment of a Canadian Pacific (CP) freight train near Keyes, Manitoba. The freight train originated at Bredenbury, Saskatchewan and was destined for St. Paul, Minnesota. The train consisted of 2 locomotives, 50 loaded cars and 22 empty cars. … Read more
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying an investigator to the site of a fatal accident near Buckinghorse River, British Columbia, involving a Cessna 182. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. Call 819-994-8053.
The Government of Canada tabled the Supplementary Estimates (A), 2015-16 in the House of Commons. The Supplementary Estimates (A), 2015-16 provide information to support the Government’s request for Parliament to approve $3.1 billion in voted appropriations for 43 organizations. So far this fiscal year, the total voted estimates, or authorities to spend public funds granted … Read more
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has deployed an investigator to the site of a TransCanada pipeline leak on the west bank of the South Saskatchewan River, north of Medicine Hat, Alberta. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. More information is available online.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) welcomed the updated railway tank car standards and the associated implementation schedule announced by Transport Minister Lisa Raitt (Halton, Ont.) in Washington, D.C. The TSB has been calling for improvement to railway tank cars for several years and has reiterated these calls following recent occurrences involving crude oil train derailments. … Read more
According to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigation report (A13W0120) published a cylinder failure on the right engine, and the fact that the aircraft exceeded its maximum certified take-off weight, led to the wheels-up landing just after take-off of a Buffalo Airways DC-3C aircraft in August 2013. There were no injuries to the … Read more
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (A13C0150) into the November 2013 fatal aircraft accident in Red Lake, Ontario. Two flight crew members and 3 of the 5 passengers lost their lives when the aircraft crashed just south of the airport near a highway. The full report is available online. Call … Read more
The Transportation Safety Board issued its investigation report into the January 2014 runway excursion of a Piper Malibu Mirage aircraft in Alma, Que. The investigation revealed that the right-side nose landing gear component of the engine mount fractured mainly in overstress from a pre-existing fatigue crack. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-8053.
