Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys a team of investigators to a helicopter accident near Carcross, Yukon

GATINEAU, QC, July 11, 2012 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to the site of an accident involving a helicopter that occurred yesterday afternoon near Carcross, Yukon. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.

The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline, railway and aviation 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.

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