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Investigation report: Fatal helicopter accident on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Figure 2. The helicopter and equipment to be transported from the staging area to the job site (Source: Natural Resources Canada, with TSB annotations)

Investigation report: Fatal helicopter accident on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Collision with terrain West Coast Helicopters Maintenance and Contracting Ltd. American Eurocopter an EADS Company AS350 B2 (helicopter), C-GWCT Brooks Peninsula, British Columbia

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Main-track derailment Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway Ore train BAL-481-F Mile 25.4, Wacouna Subdivision Near Saumon Station, Quebec

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Collision with terrain Chinook Helicopters (1982) Ltd. Cessna 172S, C-GHCC Abbotsford Airport (CYXX), British Columbia, 43 NM E

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Collision with terrain Privately registered Cessna 421C, N264DC Tofino/Long Beach Airport (CYAZ), British Columbia

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Non-main-track collision and derailment Canadian Pacific Railway Company, doing business as CPKC Remote control locomotive system yard assignment CK31-10 Mile 8.0, Crowsnest Subdivision Kipp Yard Coalhurst, Alberta

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Runway incursion and risk of collision  Air Canada Rouge, Airbus A320-214, C-GFCH and CANLink Aviation Inc. (Moncton Flight College [MFC]), Diamond DA 20-C1, C-FRJU Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport (CYQM), New Brunswick

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Collision with terrain during landing Endeavor Air (dba Delta Connection) MHI RJ Aviation Group CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900), N932XJ Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ), Ontario

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Collision with terrain Kîsik Aerial Survey Inc. Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-31, C-GYYP Deer Lake Airport (CYDF), Newfoundland and Labrador 

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Engine failure and forced approach Privately registered Piper PA-28-140, C-FXGC Toronto/Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ), Ontario, 4 NM NE 

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Stall and collision with terrain Privately registered Morrisey (Shinn Engineering Inc.) 2150A (Varga), C-GFHZ Vermilion Aerodrome (CYVG), Alberta, 0.9 NM NW 

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