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TSB: 'Incomplete' risk assessment led to fatal B.C. plane crash
All three people on board the seaplane, which was bound for Port Hardy on Vancouver Island after leaving a logging camp, died in the crash.
A Transportation Safety Board of Canada report notes that an incomplete risk assessment contributed to a fatal seaplane crash in British Columbia. The incident involved a flight departing from a logging camp on the central coast.
The factual background emphasizes that the wreckage of the seaplane was found after it crashed while leaving Strachan Bay, an area along B.C.’s central coast. The TSB describes the summary as highlighting deficiencies in the risk assessment process.
Details about the specific operators, aircraft model, and exact sequence of events leading to the crash are not provided in the released material. The information focuses on the preliminary finding that the risk assessment was not sufficiently complete.
The release does not include dates beyond the crash itself, nor does it specify injuries, fatalities, or the current status of the investigation beyond noting the incomplete risk assessment as a contributing factor.