Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys a team to Hamilton International Airport to assess a runway incursion

GATINEAU, QC, March 22, 2013 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying two investigators to the Hamilton International Airport to assess a near-collision between a Kelowna Flightcraft Boeing 727 and two snowplows on 19 March 2013. The TSB will gather information about the occurrence.

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SOURCE: Transportation Safety Board of Canada

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