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Winds caused fatal Yukon helicopter crash during landing training: report
The Transportation Safety Board found a sudden wind shift caused the crash that killed a trainee, prompting Horizon Helicopters to move emergency training to airport locations.
- A Horizon Helicopters aircraft left Whitehorse and crashed last year, killing a newly hired candidate while the training pilot survived, the report states.
- The investigators found a change in wind conditions during landing practice in a valley just outside Whitehorse caused the crash, according to the report.
- The report describes that typically, a helicopter in the phenomenon will lose considerable altitude before it can resume normal flight, and if insufficient altitude is available, it may impact the ground before recovering.
- Following the investigation, the report recommends pilots conduct training at an airport where wind direction and velocity are easily observed, and Horizon Helicopters has since changed its policy to do so.
- With the report now public, the Transportation Safety Board report published March 10, 2026, highlights that pilot training policies in valleys outside Whitehorse increase risk during wind shifts.
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Winds caused fatal Yukon helicopter crash during landing training: report
EDMONTON - An investigation by federal authorities has found that a helicopter crash that killed one person just outside of Whitehorse was caused by a change in wind conditions during
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