Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · Captain's Challenge
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Under the Transportation Safety Board Regulations, the available information on an accident in which the aeroplane sustains structural damage must first be sent to the TSB:
The answer
2As soon as possible and by the quickest means available
Explanation
TSB Regulations s. 2(1)(a)(ii) makes structural damage of this kind a reportable accident, and s. 2(3)(a) requires the reporter to send "as soon as possible and by the quickest means available, all the information required ... that is available at the time of the occurrence". The duty falls on the owner, operator, pilot-in-command and crew with direct knowledge (s. 2(1)).
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