Featured Investigations - Aviation

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigates for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.

Hard Landing - Fuel Leak and Fire
Sundance Balloons International
FireFly 12B (Hot Air Balloon) C-FNVM
Winnipeg, Manitoba, 15 nm NE
11 August 2007

Communiques

2008-03-27

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada Issues Interim Safety Recommendations Concerning Commercial Hot Air Balloon Operations Read Press Release

Report

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Photos

Sundance (A07C0151)

Recommendations

A08-01	That the Department of Transport ensure that passenger carrying commercial balloon operations provide a level of safety equivalent to that established for other aircraft of equal passenger carrying capacity.
A08-02	That the Department of Transport ensure that balloons carrying fare-paying passengers have an emergency fuel shut-off.