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Broken railcar coupler component led to 2024 derailment near Saumon Station, Quebec

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Broken railcar coupler component led to 2024 derailment near Saumon Station, Quebec

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TSB deploying to St. Catharines, Ontario following train derailment

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Deployment

TSB is deploying a team following an aircraft accident at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport, British Columbia

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


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


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


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


Collision with terrain Horizon Helicopters Ltd. Airbus AS350B, C-GHZN Whitehorse/Erik Nielsen International Airport (CYXY), Yukon, 5.5 NM E 


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


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


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


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


Loss of control and overturn on takeoff ETA Aviation & César Camp du Nord Inc. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited DHC-2 Mk. I (Beaver), C-FYNT St-Mathias Water Aerodrome (CSV9), Quebec