EDMONTON – An investigator with the Transportation Safety Board suspects there was no mechanical failure with a plane that crashed in Antarctica, killing three Canadians.
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Mike Tomm says it also appears the pilot had the small Twin Otter, operated by Calgary-based Kenn Borek Air, under control when it slammed into a steep mountain slope on Jan. 23.
He says GPS tracking data helped in the preliminary findings and the investigation is continuing.
The plane’s cockpit voice recorder also has been examined but the box didn’t record the flight.
The plane’s emergency locator beacon began transmitting a signal after the aircraft took off from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole research station.
Rescue crews were hampered by weather for a few days and, when they found the wreckage, they determined that no one could have survived.
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