5 dead in bearskin crash
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Comments from their CEO suggest the crew were having problems with the left engine. Black box has since been recovered. I was just SW of Red Lake Sunday night and the weather was abysmal: driving snow squalls, -10c and severe vehicle icing / black-ice on highways.
If weather conditions were a factor, for those of us who use these outfits to get to remote mining sites, it really is becoming worrying. In the last 12 months in the MB and NW Ontario area alone, all 4 operators we use have had fatal wintertime crashes in bad weather conditions, namely: Keystone, Perimeter, Gogal and now Bearskin. [B][U]That is 100% of our carriers within 12 months!!!!!
Is something is wrong with the Winter-ops regulations? Or are operators just not adhering to Winter ops regulations?
If weather conditions were a factor, for those of us who use these outfits to get to remote mining sites, it really is becoming worrying. In the last 12 months in the MB and NW Ontario area alone, all 4 operators we use have had fatal wintertime crashes in bad weather conditions, namely: Keystone, Perimeter, Gogal and now Bearskin. [B][U]That is 100% of our carriers within 12 months!!!!!
Is something is wrong with the Winter-ops regulations? Or are operators just not adhering to Winter ops regulations?
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i am have 2 years experience flying up north. all i can it's not that difficult, it's challenging in terms of weather, especially some airports don't have weather forecast, poor maintained runway, long duty time, all factors will contribute to any potential accidents.
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Bearskin
Thanks for the post.
Your post really raises the possibility off icing in addition to an engine failure
that was apparently reported 10 minutes prior to impact.
The location is directly on track, not to a point on final and
the impact into the power poles 2 miles from the airport raises other questions.
Your post really raises the possibility off icing in addition to an engine failure
that was apparently reported 10 minutes prior to impact.
The location is directly on track, not to a point on final and
the impact into the power poles 2 miles from the airport raises other questions.
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[QUOTE]I was just SW of Red Lake Sunday night and the weather was abysmal: driving snow squalls, -10c and severe vehicle icing / black-ice on highways./QUOTE]
I'm sorry, but what is severe vehicle icing? Spent the first 29 years of my life in Northwestern Ontario, still maintain a residence an hour south of Red Lake as the Cub flies, and I am unfamiliar with the phenomenon. In fact, in eight years of flying court charters and medevacs into the areas fly in communities, I don't ever recall encountering severe airframe icing. That's attributable to luck, as much as it is to knowing when to chicken out.
Condolences to the families, as well as those who lost friends and colleagues. The Bear is a first class outfit. Sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry, but what is severe vehicle icing? Spent the first 29 years of my life in Northwestern Ontario, still maintain a residence an hour south of Red Lake as the Cub flies, and I am unfamiliar with the phenomenon. In fact, in eight years of flying court charters and medevacs into the areas fly in communities, I don't ever recall encountering severe airframe icing. That's attributable to luck, as much as it is to knowing when to chicken out.
Condolences to the families, as well as those who lost friends and colleagues. The Bear is a first class outfit. Sorry for your loss.
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- justagigolo77
One of these 4 companies should not be able to hold an air operating certificate due to an obvious lack of safety culture within the company
One of these 4 companies should not be able to hold an air operating certificate due to an obvious lack of safety culture within the company
