http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:24:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/10/26/kirby-lake-plane-crash-kills-one/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/10/26/kirby-lake-plane-crash-kills-one/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:03:20 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3301 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/10/26/kirby-lake-plane-crash-kills-one/feed/ 0 KIRBY LAKE, AB – Transportation Safety Board Investigators are on the scene of yesterdays plane crash in Kirby Lake Alberta. A spokesperson for the TSB said that at approximately 11:20 am local time yesterday, a King Air 100, with eight passengers and two crew, crashed approximately 1.5 NM southwest of the Kirby Lake Airport. One person [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/25/missing-bc-aircraft-found/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/25/missing-bc-aircraft-found/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:05:04 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3014 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/25/missing-bc-aircraft-found/feed/ 0 KELOWNA, B.C. – Military and civilian searchers have ended the search for the pilot and three passengers of a Piper PA-24 Comanche aircraft, after an exhaustive eight day search. The aircraft and the bodies of four occupants were found near the top of a slope of Apex Mountain in the B.C. interior. The plane [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/15/pieces-of-missing-aircraft-located-off-coast-of-cape-breton/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/15/pieces-of-missing-aircraft-located-off-coast-of-cape-breton/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:29:59 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=2959 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/15/pieces-of-missing-aircraft-located-off-coast-of-cape-breton/feed/ 0 CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA – Two pieces of fuselage recovered off the coast of Cape Breton on Saturday are believed to be from the missing Cessna 414A. The pieces of the missing aircraft were located yesterday afternoon by a husband and wife who were sailing near Scatterie Island which is located 3 kms off the eastern [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/05/30/float-plane-crashes-with-four-on-board/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/05/30/float-plane-crashes-with-four-on-board/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 16:51:02 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=2376 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/05/30/float-plane-crashes-with-four-on-board/feed/ 0 TOFINO, BC – On Saturday May 29, 2010 at approximately 1215 hours Tofino RCMP and Tofino Coast Guard responded to a report of a small aircraft which had crashed into the ocean near Yates Point situated close to Ahousaht BC. Rescue personnel have conducted an extensive search of the area and been unable to locate [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/31/westjet-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-vancouver/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/31/westjet-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-vancouver/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:41:38 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1264 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/31/westjet-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-vancouver/feed/ 1 VANCOUVER, BC – A Westjet 737, with 153 people on board, decided to return to the Vancouver Airport today after departing on its flight to Hawaii. Witnesses report seeing airport emergency vehicles inspecting the south runway shortly after the aircraft departed at 11:41 am PT and airline officials have confirmed the a piece of rubber came [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/29/cessna-makes-emergency-landing-at-reeve-park-in-port-coquitlam/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/29/cessna-makes-emergency-landing-at-reeve-park-in-port-coquitlam/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:44:19 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1259 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/12/29/cessna-makes-emergency-landing-at-reeve-park-in-port-coquitlam/feed/ 0 COQUITLAM, BC – Shortly before 3pm on Tuesday December 29th, 209, the Coquitlam RCMP received a report from Nav Canada that a small 2-seater Cessna 150F with one pilot on board was requesting an emergency landing site in the Coquitlam or Port Coquitlam area. The pilot was able to land his aircraft at Reeve Park, [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/10/14/tsb-recommends-mandatory-training/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/10/14/tsb-recommends-mandatory-training/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:05:10 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=209 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2009/10/14/tsb-recommends-mandatory-training/feed/ 0 Gatineau, Quebec – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) announced that flight crews must be better trained to work together and use all available information and tools to make the right decisions under pressure. The TSB is calling on Transport Canada to make crew resource management (CRM) training mandatory for all operators in Canada. Currently, only [...]