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Undetected rail flaw led to broken rail and derailment near Dunsinane, New Brunswick

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Figure 4. North rail from the roadbed approaching the bridge showing grinding marks, circled in yellow (Source: TSB)

Undetected rail flaw led to broken rail and derailment near Dunsinane, New Brunswick

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Deployment

TSB is deploying a team of investigators following a main landing gear collapse at Montreal/Mirabel International Airport…

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Figure 1. Lower aft fuselage damage and broken off tail strike switch on the occurrence aircraft (Source: Third party [with permission], with TSB annotations)

Investigation report: Aft fuselage strike and hard landing at Calgary International Airport, Alberta

Main-track train derailment Canadian National Railway Company Freight train L59411-30 Mile 32.7, Sussex Subdivision Near Dunsinane, New Brunswick


Aft fuselage strike and hard landing WestJet Encore Ltd. Bombardier Inc. DHC-8-402, C-GJWE Calgary International Airport (CYYC), Alberta


Rescue operation and subsequent loss of life Fishing vessel Mucktown Girl and Canadian Coast Guard ship Jean Goodwill 87.5 nautical miles southeast of Canso, Nova Scotia


Runway overrun Porter Airlines Inc. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. DHC-8-402, C-GLQB Sault Ste. Marie Airport (CYAM), Ontario


Runway overrun Superior Airways Limited Cessna 208B, C-FYMK Pikangikum Airport, Ontario


Collision with terrain Privately registered  Piper PA-28-180, C-GGOR Brisco, British Columbia, 2 NM W


Collision with terrain 1401380 Ontario Limited (dba Wilderness North Air) Cessna 208B Caravan, C-GMVB Nakina Airport, Ontario, 30.8 NM NNW


Mooring accident Roll-on/roll-off ferry Madeleine II Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec


Collision with terrain Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. Bell Textron Inc. 212 Fort Good Hope Airport (CYGH), Northwest Territories


Runway excursion on takeoff and in-flight fuel imbalance resulting in diversion Jazz Aviation LP Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900), C-GJZV San Diego International Airport, California, United States