TSB investigating helicopter on training flight crashes in Whitehorse

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A team with Canada's Transportation Safety Board is in Whitehorse to investigate a helicopter crash.

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A team with Canada’s Transportation Safety Board is in Whitehorse to investigate a helicopter crash.

Spokesman Liam MacDonald says the Airbus AS350B was on a training flight with two people onboard when it crashed around 3 p.m. on Friday.

MacDonald says the helicopter, operated by Horizon Helicopters, flew out of the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport and crashed about 10 kilometres east of the airport.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa on Monday, May 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) signage is pictured outside TSB offices in Ottawa on Monday, May 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

MacDonald would not say whether the two people onboard survived the crash, and the company did not responded to a request for information.

Yukon RCMP said in a statement that search and rescue and emergency medical response officers were deployed, but did not answer a question about whether anyone had died.

A statement from the safety board says its team will gather information and assess what happened.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2025

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