The Transportation Safety Board of Canada Releases Investigation Report into the May 2010 Risk of Collision at the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

GATINEAU, QC, Feb. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of
Canada (TSB) today released its investigation report (A10O0089) into
the risk of collision that occurred in May 2010, at the Billy BishopToronto City Airport.

Porter Airlines Inc. Flight 406 was on an instrument flight rules (IFR)
flight to the Billy BishopToronto City Airport. Southeast of the
airport, the flight was cleared for a visual approach to Runway 08.
Another Porter Airlines Inc. flight, Flight 249, was departing Runway
08 on an IFR flight eastbound with a clearance to depart under visual
flight rules. At approximately 0839 Eastern Daylight Time, about 6
nautical miles southeast of the airport, both aircraft responded to
resolution advisories from their respective traffic collision-avoidance
systems. The aircraft crossed paths separated by approximately 300 feet
vertically.

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.