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TSB
Watchlist Safety Issues
SAR Issues
IDGA Search and Rescue Canada Conference 2011
Martin Lacombe, Member
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
April 13, 2011
Ottawa, Ontario
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Outline
• About the TSB
• Watchlist safety issues
• TSB / SAR experiences, issues / challenges
• Questions and answers
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About the TSB
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TSB Investigations
• Approximately 4000 occurrences reported
annually
• 62 in-depth investigations started in 2010
• We do not determine civil/criminal liability
• We do not investigate military or criminal
occurrences
• Not empowered to require change
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TSB’s Methodology
• Safety-critical information communicated to
stakeholders immediately
• Various safety communications address different
levels of risks
• Recommendations address systemic issues
posing the highest risk
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TSB Communications–Outreach
• Interviews
• Speeches
• Newspaper articles
• Conferences
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Fishing vessel safety
Emergency preparedness
on ferries
Watchlist
Passenger trains
colliding with vehicles
Operation of longer,
heavier trains
Risk of collisions
on runways
Controlled flight
into terrain
Landing accidents
and runway overruns
Safety Management
Systems
Data recorders
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The Watchlist – One Year Later
• Extensive media coverage
• Meetings with industry
• Transport Canada has undertaken to give these
issues the “highest priority”
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Where are we now?
RATINGS
Green
Fully Satisfactory
Dark Blue Satisfactory Intent
Light Blue Satisfactory in Part
Red
Unsatisfactory
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What are the Priorities
for First Responders?
• What are you getting into?
• Protection of people
• Protection of property / environment
• Prevent loss of clues / evidence
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Preparedness in the Arctic
• Operation Nanook
• SAR response needs to be timely.
• Pleasure craft Qasaoq sinking in 1994
The half-submerged Qasaoq as found
by Search and Rescue
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Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs)
• In many air accidents, the ELT wasn’t working
properly, was damaged in the crash, or the
antenna adapter was severed.
 New models are now available with internal
antennas.
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Programmable Dongle Issues
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Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacons (EPIRBs)
• Problems with distress identification and
confirmation.
 Canadian Beacon Registry was amended.
• Also, some vessels were not required to be
equipped with EPIRBs before 2002.
 Small commercial vessels are now required to
carry an EPIRB.
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SAR Issues / Challenges
Radio Communications (Air)
• Robinson R44 crash near Grande Cache,
Alberta
- lack of common radio communications
frequency between SAR ground and air crews
 Some operators have started installing
SAR-IF capability, but work is still ongoing.
Derailment of work train
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SAR Issues / Challenges
Common Radio Frequencies (Marine)
Derailment of work train
Miss Gatineau
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Summary
• Spoke about:
– TSB
– Safety Issues Watchlist
– Challenges and Issues Facing TSB and SAR
• Arctic
• Various Modes of Transportation
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QUESTIONS?
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