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Safety gear and training helped pilot survive crash of firefighting plane in B.C., report says
A Transportation Safety Board report says pilot experience, recent training and safety equipment were key factors in surviving the crash of a firefighting plane south of Cranbrook in August 2022. Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa, Monday, May 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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U.S. opens probe into 130,000 Ford vehicles over hands-free tech
FILE PHOTO: A Ford logo is seen at the New York International Auto Show Press Preview, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 27, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
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U.S. investigators interview ship personnel in Maryland bridge collapse
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 09: Salvage crews continue to remove wreckage from the cargo ship Dali after it stuck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, April 09, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Unified Command has started removing containers from the Dali while also working to clear the channel to restore the flow of commerce to the Port of Baltimore. The bridge collapsed after being struck by the 984-foot cargo ship Dali at 1:30 AM on March 26. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Air ambulance crew administered drug to hot air balloon pilot after crash that killed four, report says
Packs of illegal ketamine are seen before a destruction ceremony to mark the "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking" in Yangon on June 26, 2023. Myanmar junta authorities said they torched almost half a billion dollars worth of illegal drugs on June 26, 2023, but warned they were failing to stop a surge in production and trafficking of narcotics. (Photo by SAI Aung MAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pilot says brakes seemed less effective than usual before a United Airlines jet slid off a taxiway
FILE - A United Airlines jet is seen after leaving the taxiway, March 8, 2024, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Federal officials are issuing a preliminary report about the United jet that slid off a taxiway at a Houston airport last month. According to a report, Thursday, April 4, 2024, by the National Transportation Safety Board, the United captain said the brakes seemed less effective than normal. He says the plane and brake pedals shook violently just before the plane slid off the taxiway into a grassy area. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP, file)
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Authorities warned of ship approach moments before Baltimore bridge collapse
Recovery crews work near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by the container ship Dali in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 27, 2024. Authorities in Baltimore were set to focus on expanding recovery efforts on March 27 after the cargo ship slammed into the bridge, causing it to collapse and leaving six people presumed dead. All six were members of a construction crew repairing potholes on the bridge when the structure fell into the Patapsco River at around 1:30 am (0530 GMT) on March 26. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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US official says Boeing hasn't turned over records about work on the panel that blew off a jetliner
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U.S. official says Boeing hasn’t turned over records about work on the panel that blew off a jetliner
FILE PHOTO: The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon, U.S. January 7, 2024. NTSB/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo
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Safety board says broken wheel caused 61-car CN Rail derailment in B.C.
The Transportation Safety Board says a broken wheel set off a train derailment in B.C.'s Fraser Canyon, spilling six million kilograms of potash. Transportation Safety Board of Canada signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa, Monday, May 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Alaska Airlines 737 may have left Boeing factory missing bolts, NTSB says
FILE PHOTO: The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon, U.S. January 7, 2024. NTSB/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo
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Transportation Safety Board continues to probe deadly plane crash in Northwest Territories
The wreckage following a January 23, 2024 plane crash near the Fort Smith, Northwest Territories is shown in this handout photo. Two crew members and four passengers headed for work at the Diavik Diamond Mine were killed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Transportation Safety Board of Canada *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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First 40 inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes complete, U.S. FAA says
FILE PHOTO: The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon, U.S. January 7, 2024. NTSB/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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External corrosion caused 2022 Alberta pipeline rupture and fire, Transportation Safety Board says
The Transportation Safety Board says external corrosion led to a natural gas pipeline rupture that caused an explosion near a small northern Alberta community. Transportation Safety Board of Canada signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa on Monday, May 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Will connected cars mean the end of speeding?
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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.
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Buildup of ice likely cause of fatal plane crash near Calgary, says Transportation Safety Board
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Transportation Safety Board probes B.C. tour boat sinking on Haida Gwaii
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Safety board probes float plane crash that injured six people in rugged area of southern B.C.
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Plane crash kills four near Sioux Lookout, Ont., Transportation Board investigating
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Canadian National implements saftey measures after 2019 derailment in Manitoba
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TSB calls out CP Rail for safety issues in connection with train derailment that killed three employees