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Communiqués are listed in chronological order.

2003

2003-03-27 The Transportation Safety Board of Canada issues its final investigation report on Swissair flight 111, that crashed off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, 2 September 1998
Report number A98H0003 HTML   PDF [32,461 KB]

2001

2001-08-28 Aviation Safety Recommendations Material Flammability Standards Investigation into the Swissair Flight 111 Accident Occurrence Number A98H0003

2000

2000-12-04 Interim Aviation Safety Recommendations in-flight Firefighting Occurrence Number A98H0003
2000-08-29 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is continuing its investigation into the crash of Swissair Flight 111 which occurred on 2 September 1998.
2000-05-24 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The detailed work of examining the wreckage from Swissair Flight 111 is continuing, primarily in Shearwater, Nova Scotia, and in Ottawa at the Engineering Laboratory of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)...

1999

1999-12-15 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Wreckage Recovery Completed
1999-11-18 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Location of Debris Field
1999-11-01 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Exclusion Zone at the Swissair 111 Crash Site has been Lifted
1999-08-27 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigation into the accident involving Swissair Flight 111 is continuing.
1999-08-11 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
TSB Issues Aviation Safety Recommenadations for Thermal Acoustical Insulation Materials and Flammability Test Criteria
1999-04-08 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will resume wreckage recovery sea operations by mid-month as it continues the investigation into last September's crash of Swissair Flight 111.
1999-03-09 TSB Issues Aviation Safety Recommendations for Flight Recorder Duration and Power Supply
1999-03-05 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The multi-faceted, complex investigation being conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada into last September's crash of Swissair 111 continues...
1999-01-28 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Factual Information Released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada concerning the Swissair Flight 111 Investigation
1999-01-24 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The TSB Investigation into the Swissair Flight 111 Accident is continuing...

1998

1998-12-21 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The multi-faceted, complex, international investigation into the crash of Swissair Flight 111 continues...
1998-11-20 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigation into the accident involving Swissair Flight 111 MD-11 is continuing...
1998-11-17 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Dragging operations, delayed because of the weather...
1998-11-11 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The latest dragging operation, which started Friday morning, has been suspended...
1998-11-08 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The Canadian Coast Guard vessel "EARL GREY" has completed the latest series of ROV inspections of the debris field...
1998-11-04 Transportation Safety Board of Canada Fact Sheet on Nose Section Reconstruction Jig for Swissair Flight 111, MD-11.
1998-11-02 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
There is now close to 200,000 lbs of wreckage recovered...
1998-10-29 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada technical examination of recovered materials from Swissair Flight 111...
1998-10-28 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The scallop dragger made 18 passes today and recovered useful quantities of material...
1998-10-27 Speaking Notes for the TSB Chairman TSB News Conference CFB Shearwater 1:30PM, 27 October 1998
1998-10-27 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Today's dragging operation took place on the edge of the debris field...
1998-10-26 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The scallop dragger "ANNE S. PIERCE" will start tomorrow morning...
1998-10-24 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The "SEA SORCERESS" heavy-lift operation ended today at 1430...
1998-10-23 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The "EARL GREY" came in today with loose material, 9 nets, and 5 containers...
1998-10-22 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The heavy-lift operation on the "SEA SORCERESS" is nearing its conclusion and the recovery operation will be switching to a dragger operation...
1998-10-21 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Estimate that about 27 % of the aircraft, by weight, has been recovered to date. There were no non-volatile memory chips found in any of the circuit boards examined today...
1998-10-21 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The deep-sea heavy-lift operation to retrieve the remaining material from Swissair Flight 111 is continuing...
1998-10-02 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Heavy-Lift Equipment to Join Swissair Flight 111 Recovery Effort
1998-09-17 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada today provided details on the challenging state of the primary wreckage site...
1998-09-15 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
TSB investigation team in Halifax has determined that both the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the flight data recorder (FDR) from Swissair Flight 111 stopped at about the same time...
1998-09-11 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Investigation Update:
Cockpit Voice Recorder of Swissair Flight 111 Retrieved
1998-09-03 The Transportation Safety Board of Canada Is Sending a Team of Investigators to the Site of the Accident South of Halifax, Nova Scotia Involving a Swissair MD-11 Flying from New York to Geneva on the Night of 02 September 1998
1998-09-02 Statement by the Chairman of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada Concerning the Investigation into the Accident South of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Involving a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD11 on the Night of 02 September 1998
Date Modified: 2007-11-14

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