Update: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Investigation Into Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S92-A Crash

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Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:37am EDT 

  GATINEAU, QUEBEC, Mar 24 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Following the Transportation Safety Board of Canada's (TSB) March 20th
discovery of a broken main gearbox filter bowl assembly mounting stud on
the Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S92-A, more than half of the Sikorsky
S92-A helicopters worldwide have had the defective studs replaced. The
remaining studs are expected to be replaced in a timely fashion.

    More information about the stud replacements and factual information
about the March 12th accident will be made available at a final press
conference on Thursday, March 26th. At this time, media will have an
opportunity to photograph some of the wreckage from a specified distance.


Event Details

When:    1 p.m. Newfoundland and Labrador time, Thursday, March 26, 2009

         12 p.m.
         Media have access to hangar to set up their equipment.

         1 p.m.
         Photo op begins.

         1:15 p.m.
         Press conference begins with presentation.

         1:25 p.m.
         Questions and answers period begins.

Where:   Provincial Government Hangar (Hangar #3)
         Torbay side of the Airport
         St. John's, Newfoundland

Who:     Mr. Mike Cunningham, Investigator-in-Charge, Mr. Allan Chaulk,
         Technical Team Lead, and Mr. Charles Laurence, Operations Team
         Lead


    Important Note:

    Still photos of the recovery process are also now available on the TSB
website at www.bst-tsb.gc.ca. Should you require a copy please contact
TSB Communications at communications@bst-tsb.gc.ca. Media who are not
able to attend the press conference but wish to have an interview can
schedule one immediately following the press conference by contacting TSB
Media Relations at the coordinates below. The same information that was
provided at the press conference will be communicated.

    The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline,
railway and aviation transportation occurrences. Its sole aim is the
advancement of transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board
to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.

Contacts:
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Media Relations
819-994-8053

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