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Deployment notice

TSB deploys an investigator to a fatal helicopter accident near Stewart, British Columbia

Richmond, British Columbia, 25 August 2020 — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying an investigator to the site of a fatal helicopter accident that occurred on 17 August 2020, near Stewart, British Columbia. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.


The TSB is an independent agency that investigates air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation occurrences. Its sole aim is the advancement of transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.

For more information, contact:
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Media Relations
Telephone: 819-360-4376
Email: media@tsb.gc.ca