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B.C. helicopter lands safely after being hit by lightning, Helijet says
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa, Monday, May 1, 2023. A commercial helicopter with 14 people on board landed safely in Victoria Tuesday after it was hit by lightning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Four years after fire engulfed California scuba dive boat killing 34 people, captain’s trial begins
FILE - National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the wreckage of the dive boat Conception on a dock in Southern California. Federal prosecutors are seeking justice for 34 people killed in a fire aboard the Conception in 2019. The trial against Captain Jerry Boylan begins Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in Los Angeles with jury selection. (NTSB via AP, File)
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Transportation Safety Board warns blazes sparked by trains pose wildfire risk
Smoke from wildfires fills the air in Kelowna, B.C., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is warning about the risks of fires going unnoticed on locomotives, citing dozens of blazes in a report into an incident that triggered a wildfire two years ago in southeast British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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A decade after Lac-Mégantic, experts say stricter rules, tougher enforcement needed
The downtown core of Lac Megantic, Quebec is shown on Thursday, June 22, 2023. July 6th will mark the 10th anniversary when a freight-train loaded with crude oil rolled unmanned into the downtown core and exploded in the middle of the night killing 47 people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Safety board to investigate accident at Metro Vancouver’s Boundary Bay Airport
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa, Monday, May 1, 2023. Transportation Safety Board investigators have been called in following an "aircraft accident" at Boundary Bay Airport in Metro Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Transportation Safety Board investigating train derailment near Saskatchewan town
Level crossing signals flash as a CN Rail train passes in Dartmouth, N.S. on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a train derailment near a Saskatchewan town. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Mothership of doomed submersible returns to Newfoundland, investigation begins
Crew members of the Polar Prince prepare to dock the ship as it arrives at the Coast Guard wharf, Saturday, June 24, 2023 in St. John’s, Nfld.
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Obscured vision, perception played role in Tofino, B.C., harbour crash, says safety board
The Transportation Safety Board logo is seen in this undated handout. The Transportation Safety Board has released the results of its investigation into the collision of a float plane and a water taxi in the Tofino, B.C., harbour, highlighting the importance of designated landing areas for both marine and air operations. The water taxi and the Tofino Air de Havilland Beaver float plane carrying five passengers collided while heading for the same dock in October 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-TSB *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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U.S. board finds problems with safety devices on train that derailed in Ohio
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw testifies about the Feb.3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, before the Pennsylvania state Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, March 20, 2023, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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Safety board report says deadly tug sinking in B.C. highlights systemic safety issues
Transportation Safety Board Chair Kathy Fox is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday March 18, 2021. The Transportation Safety Board will hold a news conference to reveal its findings on the sinking of the tug Ingenika in February 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ohio train derailment probe focuses on failed pressure valves on cars with toxic chemical
Darrell Wilson, assistant vice president government relations of Norfolk Southern, the company that owns the train involved in the derailment that spilled toxic chemicals, speaks during a town hall held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., March 2, 2023.  REUTERS/Alan Freed
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Six die, three injured after crash in upstate New York; transportation authority to investigate
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Weather a factor in fatal 2021 crash of plane towing marriage banner in Montreal, TSB says
A member of the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) inspects the wreckage of a plane at a crash site in Montreal, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Canada's Transportation Safety Board says weather and engine trouble contributed to the fatal crash of a small plane that went down near Old Montreal while towing a marriage proposal banner in 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Amid fishing deaths, debate over stability checks for Canada’s small fishing vessels intensify
Members of a ground search and rescue team walk along the shore of the Bay of Fundy in Hillsburn, N.S. as they look for five fishermen missing after the scallop dragger Chief William Saulis sank in the Bay of Fundy, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. As Canadian fishers continue to die in frigid waters when their boats capsize, a debate is surfacing over why clear rules aren’t in place to ensure basic stability of vessels that face ocean storms.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Safety board says maintenance problems, blade failure led to fatal helicopter crash in B.C.
Kathleen Fox, chair of the Transportation Safety Board, and Doug McEwen, right, a senior investigator, leave a news conference after releasing a report, in Halifax, Thursday, May 18, 2017. A safety board report into the crash of a helicopter near Campbell River, B.C., says maintenance opportunities were missed before a fatal flight in September 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Buildup of ice likely cause of fatal plane crash near Calgary, says Transportation Safety Board
A small aircraft lies in a field next to the Trans-Canada Highway, within sight of the Springbank airport, after a crash west of Calgary, Friday, April 22, 2022. The Transportation Safety Board says it was likely a buildup of ice that caused the plane to crash and resulted in the death of its pilot and sent a passenger to hospital with life-threatening injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley
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Transportation Safety Board probes B.C. tour boat sinking on Haida Gwaii
Aerial view of Haida Gwaii coastline/ Destination BC/Owen Perry
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Safety board probes float plane crash that injured six people in rugged area of southern B.C.
The Transportation Safety Board logo is seen in this undated handout photo. The TSB says it has sent a team of investigators to the scene of a float plane crash in the South Chilcotin mountains north of Gold Bridge, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-TSB *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Plane crash kills four near Sioux Lookout, Ont., Transportation Board investigating
Ontario's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a plane crash Friday that killed four people near Sioux Lookout, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canadian National implements saftey measures after 2019 derailment in Manitoba
A CN Rail locomotive pulls auto carrier cars in Dartmouth, N.S. on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. The Montreal-based Canadian National Railway Co. says it has launched its search for a francophone director to occupy a seat on a board that currently has no native French speakers.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan