Photo: TSB releases report on fatal 2013 Coast Guard helicopter crash

The crew of the Coast Guard icebreaker Henry Larsen, on Sept. 25, 2013 recovers the wrecked Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm helicopter that crashed into the icy waters of M’Clure Strait on Sept. 9, 2013, killing three people: Marc Thibault, commanding officer of the CCGS Amundsen, Daniel Dubé, the helicopter pilot, both of Quebec City, and Klaus Hochheim, a scientist affiliated with the University of Manitoba. The aircraft had just taken off from the deck of the Amundsen. The Transportation Safety Board found in a report released Dec. 7 that “a lack of visual cues” led to the fatal crash and found numerous risk factors, including deficiencies related to survival suits and flotation devices. Read more later on Nunatsiaqonline.ca.(PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TSB)