Media Advisories

TSB Releases Final Investigation Report on a Tank Car which sustained Damage near Dugald, Manitoba

(Gatineau, Quebec, August 23, 2010) - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will hold a media availability on August 25, 2010, to make public the TSB investigation report (R09W0016) which involved a tank car that sustained damage near Dugald, Manitoba, on January 14, 2009.

The Investigator-in-Charge, Mr. John Ferguson, and Mr. Rob Johnston, Acting Director Operations, Rail/Pipeline Investigations Branch, will answer questions. The experts will be available for questions and interviews on site.

When:

Starting at 10 a.m. Central time
on Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Who:

Mr. Rob Johnston, Acting Director, Operations, Rail/Pipeline Investigations Branch
and Mr. John Ferguson, Investigator-in-Charge

Where:

Albert Room
Delta Winnipeg
350 St. Mary Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba

To schedule an interview:

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

The news release will be posted, at the same time, on this site.

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.

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For more information:

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

*Media not able to attend are invited to call TSB Media Relations following the event to schedule interviews.