Nunavut helicopter crash: Calls for change [Video]

OTTAWA –

The Transportation Safety Board is calling for improvements to pilot training and aircraft equipment after an investigation into a deadly helicopter crash in Nunavut.

Pilots need better procedures and tools for flying in whiteout conditions, said safety board chairperson Kathy Fox.

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“The safety deficiencies that we will highlight are not new,” she said. “For more than 30 years, the TSB has been calling for the implementation of safety measures to mitigate the risks that persist in helicopter reduced-visibility operations.

“Enough lives have been lost.”

On Thursday, the board released the results of its investigation into the crash of a helicopter on a trip to survey polar bear populations on Griffith Island, about 20 kilometres southwest of Resolute Bay, Nvt. Two crew members and a wildlife biologist were killed.

The board reported that on the late afternoon of April 25, 2021, …