A21C0038
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Collision with terrain
Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd.
Airbus Helicopters AS350 B2 (helicopter), C-FYDA
Griffith Island, Nunavut
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Release of investigation report A21C0038 - Griffith Island
A21C0038 - Opening remarks
Kathy Fox, TSB Chair
Daryl Collins, Regional Senior Investigator – Air
Jean-Pierre Regnier, Senior Investigator – Air
Ottawa, Ontario
15 February 2024
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Kathy Fox
Good morning and thank you for joining us.
We are here today to issue four recommendations to Transport Canada, following the 2021 fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters AS 350 B2 helicopter, operated by Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd., which occurred on Griffith Island, Nunavut.
TSB to issue four recommendations following investigation into the 2021 fatal helicopter accident in Nunavut
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will hold a news conference to release its investigation report (A21C0038) into the 2021 fatal collision with terrain involving a Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. Airbus AS350 on Griffith Island, Nunavut.
When:
Thursday, 15 February 2024
10:00 a.m. (EST)
Safety communications related to TSB investigation A21C0038: April 2021 collision with terrain on Griffith Island, Nunavut
The occurrence
Late afternoon on 25 April 2021, the Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. Airbus Helicopters AS350 B2 (A21C0038) departed from a remote camp on Russell Island, Nunavut (NU), on a day visual flight rules (VFR) flight to Resolute Bay Airport, NU. On board were the pilot, an aircraft maintenance engineer, and a biologist.
Findings from TSB investigation A21C0038: April 2021 collision with terrain on Griffith Island, Nunavut
Investigations conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are complex since an accident rarely results from a single cause. In the case of the 2021 fatal collision with terrain of an Airbus Helicopters AS350 helicopter on Griffith Island, Nunavut (A21C0038), several factors led to the accident. The seven findings below detail the causes and contributing factors that led to this occurrence. Additionally during the course of the investigation, the TSB also made six findings as to risk.
