TSB says pilots should be tested for alcohol and drug use
The airline industry and Transport Canada should develop a program requiring pilots to be tested for drugs and alcohol, the Transportation Safety Board said Thursday after releasing a report into a...
View ArticleTSB investigates fatal industrial incident at MacMillan CN Rail yard
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says they have deployed an investigation team after a worker was killed at the CN Rail MacMillan Yard Thursday. York Regional Police said the call came in at...
View ArticleFour die in small plane crash northwest of Guelph
The Transportation Safety Board is on scene in Mapleton Township, after a small plane crashed into a cornfield on Sideroad 3 Friday night. The pilot and three passengers were all killed in the crash,...
View ArticleYear in Review: March 1, 2012 – Excessive speed causes Via derailment
On March 1, 2012, the Transportation Safety Board announced excessive speed caused the deadly VIA passenger train derailment in Burlington, where three Via engineers were killed and 45 passengers were...
View ArticleOrnge’s Sikorsky S76 helicopters resume service
TORONTO – Ornge has returned its Sikorsky S76 helicopters to service following the fatal air ambulance crash on May 31. Ontario’s provider of air ambulances voluntarily and temporarily took its five...
View ArticleTSB recommends automatic slow, stop mechanism after deadly Via Rail crash
BURLINGTON, Ont. – Canada’s rail industry continues to stall on using technology that could prevent accidents triggered by the “misperception” of track signals — as seen in a deadly derailment in...
View ArticleVideo: MP Olivia Chow calls for automatic braking systems on all trains
The Transportation Safety Board is calling for fundamental changes to the Canadian rail network in the wake of the 2012 deadly VIA Rail crash in Burlington. NDP MP Olivia Chow is calling for mandatory...
View Article28 people now confirmed dead in Lac-Megantic train crash
LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. – Quebec police say 28 people are now confirmed dead in the Lac-Megantic train disaster and that another 22 are presumed dead. However, police say the number of dead is likely much...
View ArticleVideo: Focus is on black box after fatal Ottawa crash
Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board are still in Ottawa after a crash between a Via Rail train and an OC Transpo bus left six people dead and dozens injured.
View ArticleVictims identified in Ottawa train-bus crash
Ottawa police have identified all six victims who died following Thursday’s collision between a Via Rail train and a city bus. Police released the names of the deceased — all residents of Ottawa —...
View ArticleInvestigators back on scene of deadly Ottawa bus-train crash
Transportation Safety Board investigators have returned to the scene of a deadly crash between a passenger train and an Ottawa city bus. The TSB says the investigators are there to collect new data as...
View ArticleTransportation Safety Board to release report into Lac-Megantic tragedy
LAC-MEGANTIC – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is to release its final report today on the catastrophic train derailment in Lac-Megantic in 2013. The disaster claimed 47 lives, destroyed a...
View ArticleTSB points finger at rail company, Transport Canada in Lac-Megantic report
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says many factors contributed to the Lac-Megantic train derailment in 2013, including lax safety measures at the company that owned the runaway train.
View ArticleAir Canada plane was within 30 metres of hitting 2 planes in San Francisco
An Air Canada plane with 140 people on board came within 30 metres (100 feet) of crashing onto two of four planes lined up to take off at San Francisco International Airport last week, according to a...
View ArticleTSB investigating whether train sparked Lytton wildfire
LYTTON (NEWS 1130) – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is sending a team of investigators to Lytton, to find out whether a train is to blame for the devastating wildfire that all but completely...
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