TSB deploys a team to Calgary, Alberta, following an engine fire on a WestJet Encore aircraft

EDMONTON, AB, May 31, 2023 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to Calgary, following an engine failure and fire on a WestJet Encore aircraft. There were no injuries to the two flight crew and two flight attendants aboard the aircraft. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.

The TSB is an independent agency that investigates air, marine, pipeline, and rail 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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SOURCE Transportation Safety Board of Canada

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