TSB releases preliminary 2023 transportation occurrence statistics
Gatineau, Quebec, 20 February 2024 — Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its summary of preliminary transportation occurrence statistics from 2023, which show accidents are below the five-year average across all modes * Does not include incidents reported to the TSB.Data table: Transportation accidents reported to the TSB in 2023 Air transportation In 2023, a total […]
TSB raising the bar on safety: Reducing the risks that persist in commercial helicopter operations
GATINEAU, QC, Feb. 15, 2024 /CNW/ – In its investigation report (A21C0038) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that insufficient regulatory requirements and defences to protect against loss of visual reference accidents led to the fatal 2021 crash of an Airbus AS350 helicopter on Griffith Island, Nunavut (NU). As such, the Board is issuing four recommendations to the regulator, […]
TSB Report: Undetected aircraft maintenance error led to loss of control and collision with terrain at London International Airport, Ontario
Undetected aircraft maintenance error led to loss of control and collision with terrain at London International Airport, Ontario Richmond Hill, Ontario, 5 January 2024 — Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (A22O0060) into the 2022 aircraft loss of control and collision with terrain at the London International Airport, Ontario. On 25 May 2022, a […]
TSB releases investigation report into 2022 runway incursion and risk of collision at Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport
Toronto, Ontario, 20 December 2023 — Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (A22O0146) into a runway incursion and risk of collision at the Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport. Shortly after midnight on 15 October 2022, the driver of a maintenance vehicle, operated by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), crossed the displaced […]
TSB releases investigation report into 2021 runway overrun at Sept- Îles Airport, Quebec
Dorval, Quebec, 6 June 2023 — Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (A21Q0087) into the 2021 runway overrun at Sept-Îles Airport, Quebec. On 12 September 2021, an Airmédic Inc. Pilatus PC-12/47E aircraft was flying from Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec, to Sept-Îles Airport, Quebec, with two crew members on board. The aircraft landed approximately 2525 feet beyond the threshold […]
TSB deploys a team of investigators following an aircraft accident in Surrey, British Columbia
RICHMOND, BC, June 2, 2023 /CNW/ – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to Surrey British Columbia, to investigate an aircraft accident involving a privately registered Zenair CH701 which occurred today. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. The TSB is an independent agency that investigates air, marine, pipeline, and rail […]
Investigation report: Fatal collision with a communications tower near Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
Winnipeg, Manitoba, 16 May 2023 — Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (A22C0082) into the 18 September 2022 fatal occurrence in which a Cessna 172 aircraft operated by Airborne Energy Solutions Inc. collided with a communications tower near Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. The TSB conducted a limited-scope class 4 investigation into this occurrence to […]
TSB Investigation report: Fatal amateur-built floatplane accident near Rivière Bonnard Aerodrome, Quebec
Dorval, Quebec, 4 May 2023 — Today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigation report (A22Q0116) into a September 2022 fatal collision with terrain following the in-flight separation of the left wing of a Wag-Aero Sportsman 2+2 (amateur-built floatplane), near the Rivière Bonnard Aerodrome in Quebec. The TSB conducted a limited-scope class 4 investigation into […]
Transportation Safety Board of Canada releases 2020 transportation occurrences statistics
Gatineau, Quebec, 29 June 2021 — Building on the preliminary statistics published in February 2021, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) today released its 2020 annual statistical summaries on transportation occurrences in the air, marine, pipeline, and rail sectors. Air In early 2020, broad travel restrictions were put in place in Canada and around the world in an effort to contain a new […]