WestJet plane slides off taxiway at Edmonton airport amid icy conditions
A WestJet plane that was to depart for Victoria ended up sliding off a taxiway at Edmonton International Airport on Friday night. Continue reading
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E-cigarette batteries blamed for fire aboard WestJet flight
The TSB says a fire on board a WestJet flight last June was caused by spare e-cigarette lithium-ion batteries that a passenger failed to declare in his checked baggage. Continue reading
UPDATE: Ottawa police accept technical support from TSB in Westboro bus crash probe
Ottawa police say they’ve accepted an offer from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada to provide technical support as they investigate the possible causes of last week’s fatal double-decker bus crash that killed three people and injured 23 others. Continue reading
TSB says Transport Canada has much to do in terms of safety regulations on transit vehicles
The TSB said crashworthiness standards for transit buses have not been implemented in full, even after its report recommending them after the deadly crash in Ottawa in 2013. Continue reading
Pilots in Alberta plane crash had used hay field before fatal crash: Transportation Safety Board
The Transportation Safety Board says two pilots in a fatal small plane crash in a southern Alberta field had landed and taken off from the site several times. Continue reading
Transportation Safety Board makes recommendations after Fond du Lac plane crash
Canada’s transportation safety board releases recommendations after a plane crash last year near a remote northern Saskatchewan community. Continue reading
West Wind Aviation marks one year since Fond du Lac plane crash
West Wind Aviation says it is a very different airline from the one it was a year ago at the time of the Fond du Lac, Sask., plane crash. Continue reading
Crews continue to pick apart cargo plane that overshot Halifax airport runway
As of Sunday morning, the back half of the cargo jet has been removed and crews continue to move through to the front of the plane, using heavy machinery to tear into the fuselage. Continue reading
Cargo plane goes off runway at Halifax airport, 4 sent to hospital
By Rebecca Lau Reporter
The airfield at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport was closed early Wednesday morning after a cargo plane went off the runway during landing at around 5 a.m. Continue reading
Record number of fishing industry deaths, employee fatigue highlight 2018 TSB safety watchlist
The Transporation Safety Board has released its 2018 watchlist that highlights key issues that the board say requires government and industry attention in order to make the nation’s “transportation system even safer.” Continue reading