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False alarm from a detector contributed to cargo vessel grounding in Kahnawake, Quebec

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Figure 2. The Heemskerkgracht aground (Source: Canadian Coast Guard)

False alarm from a detector contributed to cargo vessel grounding in Kahnawake, Quebec

Grounding General cargo vessel Heemskerkgracht Kahnawake, Quebec


Engine room fire Bulk carrier Cuyahoga Lake Erie Kingsville, Ontario


Fuel exhaustion Simpson Air (1981) Limited De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited DHC-2 Mk. I (Beaver) (floatplane), C-GMGD Fort Simpson Island Water Aerodrome (CEZ7), Northwest Territories, 7 NM W


Main-track train derailment Canadian National Railway Company Freight train G89641-05 Mile 34.3, Rivers Subdivision Near Elie, Manitoba


Controlled flight into terrain Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee Bell 206B (helicopter), N617TT Revelstoke Aerodrome (CYRV), British Columbia, 11 NM ENE


Stall and collision with terrain Privately registered Morrisey (Shinn Engineering Inc.) 2150A (Varga), C-GFHZ Vermilion Aerodrome (CYVG), Alberta, 0.9 NM NW 


Loss of control at liftoff and overturn ETA Aviation et César Camp du Nord Inc. De Havilland DHC-2 MK. I (Beaver), C-FYNT Saint-Mathias Water Aerodrome (CSV9) (Quebec)


Collision with terrain Chinook Helicopters (1982) Ltd. Cessna 172S, C-GHCC Chilliwack Airport (CYCW), British Columbia, 28 NM ESE 


Loss of life Cargo vessel Polar Prince and submersible Titan 372 NM SSE Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador


Collision with terrain during landing Endeavor Air (dba Delta Connection) MHI RJ Aviation Group CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900), N932XJ Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ), Ontario