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Dash 8 brake fire demonstrates importance of appropriate operational guidance for modern aircraft flight crews
A brake failure and fire that triggered the evacuation of a Dash 8 passenger aircraft at Sydney Airport demonstrates the importance of appropriate operational guidance in modern aircraft with…
Train collision highlights shared responsibility of train drivers and operators in managing fatigue
An ATSB investigation into a fatal collision between freight trains north-east of Perth highlights the shared responsibility of train drivers and operators in managing fatigue. In…
Cessna 172 go-around accident emphasises importance of appropriately actioning checklists
A Cessna 172 that collided with terrain during a forced landing at Murwillumbah was likely not configured correctly during an attempted go-around, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau…
Lake Macquarie runway near collision highlights the importance of effective radio communications and an effective visual scan at non-towered aerodromes
The pilots of two aircraft involved in a runway accident at Lake Macquarie did not hear each other on the radio, nor see one another, before a near collision occurred and one aircraft struck…
Collision with terrain involving Air Tractor AT-502, VH-AQW, 17 km north-west of Bourke Airport, New South Wales, on 10 February 2024
Darling Farms, NSW, Darling Farms, NSW, AT-502, 502-0218, Turboprop, VH-AQW, Part 138 Aerial work operations, Destroyed, Air Tractor Inc, Ashby Aviation Pty Ltd
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Bourke ag aircraft accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into a collision with terrain accident involving an Air Tractor aerial application aircraft north-west of Bourke on Saturday morning. While conducting aerial spraying on a property near Bourke, the aircraft collided with the ground, coming to rest inverted. The ATSB is deploying a team of three transport safety investigators from its Canberra office, with expertise in human factors, aircraft maintenance, and operations. The team…
Taxiway excursion, ground strike and near collision with terrain involving Cessna 172R, VH-EWW, at Gold Coast Airport, Queensland, on 6 February 2024
Gold Coast Airport, Gold Coast Airport, 172R, 17280090, Piston, VH-EWW, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Cessna Aircraft Company, Flight One Australia Pty Ltd
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Technical assistance to the Transport Accident Investigation Commission New Zealand investigation of a rejected take-off at speed involving a Q300, ZK-NEF, at Timaru Airport, New Zealand, on 7 February 2024
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Preliminary report into fire surveillance aircraft accident near Cloncurry details evidence gathered to date, areas of on-going investigation
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau preliminary report has detailed evidence established so far in the ongoing investigation of a fatal accident involving a twin turboprop…
CSIRO MH370 drift reports
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) published four reports describing oceanographic drift modelling work done in aid of the search for MH370. The first report identified the 36°-32°S segment of the 7th arc (especially the region near 35°S) as being the most likely site of the impact, based on where and when debris was seen and not seen on African and Australian shores and during the initial 40-day aerial search (Fig 1.1). This work was a…