On 8 March 2014, a Boeing 777 aircraft, operated as Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370), was lost during a flight from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Beijing in the People’s Republic of China, carrying 12 crew and 227 passengers. Under Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation “Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation”, Malaysia, as the state of registry and operation of MH370, had investigative responsibility for the missing aircraft. At the request of the Malaysian Government, the Australian Government accepted responsibility for initial search and recovery…

ACARS Aircraft Communications Addressing and reporting System. Acc Rep Accredited representative. In accordance with Annex 13, the ATSB may assist other overseas agencies in the investigation of accidents and serious incidents that do not involve Australian registered aircraft. In these cases an ATSB investigator would be appointed to the investigation as an accredited representative. On 1 April 2014 the ATSB appointed an accredited representative to the MH370 investigation, at the request of the Malaysian Government…

On 8 March 2014, the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft registered as Malaysia Airlines 9M-MRO and operating as flight MH370 (MH370) disappeared from air traffic control radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on a scheduled passenger service to Beijing, China with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board. After analysis of satellite data it was discovered that MH370 continued to fly for over six hours after contact was lost. All the available data indicates the aircraft entered the sea close to a long but narrow arc of the southern Indian Ocean. On 31 March 2014, following an extensive sea and…

This database allows you to search for accidents and incidents that have been reported to the ATSB since 1 July 2003. You can search the database using a time period, location, type of occurrence (i.e. what happened), and type of aircraft.   Take me to Detailed Data

ACAS /TCAS Airborne or Traffic Collision Avoidance System. These will have a further descriptor of 'RA' - Resolution Advisory or 'TA' - Traffic Advisory ADS-B/C Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast / Contract AGL Above Ground Level AHRS Attitude & Heading Reference System AMSL Above Mean Sea Level APU Auxiliary Power Unit ATC Air Traffic Control ATIS Automatic Terminal Information Service  CPDLC Controller Pilot Data Link Communications CTA Control Area CTAF Common Traffic Advisory Frequency CTR Control Zone DME Distance Measuring Equipment ECAM…

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is committed in respecting your right to privacy and protecting your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) and our policies and procedures. The ATSB publishes this policy to demonstrate its commitment to privacy rights, including by complying with the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). In this policy, personal information has the same meaning as defined in section 6 of the Privacy Act: personal information…

ATSB occurrence category taxonomy  The ATSB uses an occurrence category taxonomy to efficiently and consistently categorise and code transport safety occurrences. These occurrence categories can be used to search through occurrences in the ATSB’s National Aviation Occurrence Database.  A guiding principle behind the ATSB’s occurrence category taxonomy is that a relatively simple coding scheme greatly increases the quality of the data that is recorded in the occurrence database. The taxonomy follows a data-driven approach in that a particular occurrence category is only included in…

The Public Interest Disclosure (PID) scheme builds on existing policies and procedures to protect public officials (including current and former APS employees, people exercising powers under a Commonwealth law and contracted service providers) who speak up and ‘blow the whistle’ on suspected wrongdoing by public officials. The PID scheme provides a transparent process for agencies and government departments to investigate complaints. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (PID Act) underpins the operation of the scheme. The PID Act aims…

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REPCON is a voluntary and confidential reporting scheme. REPCON allows any person who has a rail safety concern to report it to the ATSB confidentially. Protection of the reporter’s identity and any individual referred to in the report is a primary element of the scheme. Personal information will not be disclosed. Only de-identified information will be used for safety action. You may be…