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737 engine failure incident 
Statement can be attributed to ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell Last night the Australian Transport Safety Bureau commenced a transport safety investigation into the in-flight engine failure incident involving a Qantas 737 aircraft during a flight from Auckland to Sydney. The ATSB has assigned a team of three experienced transport safety investigators, with experience in aircraft maintenance, aircraft operations, and data recovery, to commence the evidence collection phase of this investigation. At…
Drive belt tensioning motor failure involving Robinson R44 helicopter, VH-ZUJ, at Hamilton Island Airport, Queensland, on 8 January 2023
Qualia, Qld, Hamilton Island Airport, R44, 2684, Helicopter, VH-ZUJ, Part 133 Air transport operations - rotorcraft, Nil, Robinson Helicopter Co, Whitsunday Air Services Pty Ltd
AO-2023-005
Accident and incident reporting requirements have been updated
Amendments to the Transport Safety Investigations Regulations (TSI Regulations), which detail the requirements for reporting transport accidents and…
Sydney TCU staffing and operational concerns
RA2022-00045
Descent below minimum altitude involving British Aerospace BAE 146, VH-SFV, 15 km south of Rockhampton Airport, Queensland, on 5 January 2023
Brisbane Aerodrome, Rockhampton Aerodrome, BAE 146 SERIES 200-11, E2086, Jet, VH-SFV, Part 121 Air transport operations - larger aeroplanes, Nil, British Aerospace PLC, Pionair Australia Pty Ltd
AO-2023-004
Runway excursions: Part 1 - A worldwide review of commercial jet aircraft runway excursions
AR-2008-018
AR-2008-018
Over the last decade there has been a noticeable reduction in the number of non-fatal and fatal accidents involving the worldwide commercial jet aircraft fleet. Despite this, runway excursions continue to remain prevalent, accounting for approximately a quarter of all incidents and accidents in air transport, and 96 per cent of all runway accidents. Runway excursions involve aircraft running off the end of the runway (overrun) or departing the side of the runway (veer-off). A number of catastrophic runway excursions occurred across the world in 2007 and 2008, resulting in hundreds of…
Pylon support link assembly fracture involving Bell 206L-3, VH-JSU, 60 km south-west of Deniliquin Aerodrome, New South Wales, on 9 December 2022
Deniliquin Aerodrome, New South Wales, Deniliquin Aerodrome, New South Wales, 206L-3, 51071, Helicopter, VH-JSU, Part 133 Air transport operations - rotorcraft, Minor, Bell Helicopter Co, Forest Air Helicopter Pty Ltd
AO-2023-002
Midair collision involving Eurocopter EC130 B4, VH-XH9, and Eurocopter EC130 B4, VH-XKQ, Main Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, on 2 January 2023
Seaworld, Main Beach, Queensland, Seaworld, Main Beach, Queensland, EC130 B4, 3845, Helicopter, VH-XH9, Part 133 Air transport operations - rotorcraft, Substantial, Eurocopter, Sea World Helicopters Pty Ltd
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Seaworld, Main Beach, Queensland, Seaworld, Main Beach, Queensland, EC130 B4, 4639, Helicopter, VH-XKQ, Part 133 Air transport operations - rotorcraft, Destroyed, Eurocopter, Sea World Helicopters Pty Ltd
AO-2023-001
Gold Coast helicopter mid-air collision
The following statement can be attributed to ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell  “The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into the fatal mid-air collision involving two helicopters near Seaworld on the Gold Coast, Queensland on Monday afternoon.   “Transport safety investigators with experience in helicopter operations, maintenance and survivability engineering are deploying from the ATSB’s Brisbane and Canberra offices and are expected to begin arriving at the accident site from Monday afternoon.      “During the evidence…
Collision with terrain involving Stoddard Hamilton Aircraft Glasair Super II FT, N600, near Wedderburn Airport, New South Wales, on 26 December 2022
Bankstown Airport, New South Wales, Wedderburn Airport, New South Wales, Glasair Super II FT, 2277, Other, N600, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Destroyed, Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft Inc
AO-2022-068