The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reported today that a helicopter accident involving an Airbus AS350B occurred yesterday in Whitehorse, Yukon. The Aviation Safety Network reported that tragically two people have died in the crash.
Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Liam Macdonald spoke with True North FM Saturday afternoon.
“Here’s what we know so far: Yesterday an Airbus AS350b operated by Horizon Helicopters was on a training flight from Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport with two pilots onboard. At approximately 3:10 p.m. local time, the aircraft crashed about 10 kilometres east of the airport,” said Macdonald.
The Transportation Safety Board has deployed a team of investigators to Whitehorse to investigate the accident and gather information.
“We have deployed two investigators to the accident and they should be arriving later today to collect information, assess the occurrence at the moment. That’s all the information we can share. Once they have started the collection of information, we’ll have a little better sense of what happened and we’ll be able to share a little more information,” said Macdonald.
True North FM is monitoring news updates about the accident and the investigation and will share more information once it becomes available.
