Report into deadly 2009 chopper crash off Newfoundland to be released next month
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The Transportation Safety Board will release next month its final report into a deadly helicopter crash off Newfoundland nearly two years ago.
The federal agency announced today that it will release the findings of its probe into the tragedy on Feb. 9.
Cougar Flight 491 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on March 12, 2009, killing 17 people aboard.
Robert Decker, a weather and ice observer, was the only survivor.
The Sikorsky S-92A helicopter was carrying workers to the Hibernia and White Rose oilfields, more than 300 kilometres east of St. John’s, before it crashed.
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