TSB deploys a team to a collision between a passenger vessel and a whale near Les Escoumins, Quebec

QUÉBEC, Aug. 29, 2016, 2016 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to a collision between a passenger vessel and a whale near Les Escoumins, Quebec. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.

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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SOURCE Transportation Safety Board of Canada

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