Sections 25A of the TSI Act requires a person, association or agency to provide a written response to a Safety Recommendation contained in a report released under section 25 of the TSI Act. The response is required within 90 days of the report being published. Responses to recommendations are published on the ATSB website. Failure to respond may attract a penalty of up to 30 penalty points ($3,300 for a natural person and $16,500 for an incorporated organisation), and advice of any such failure to respond will be…

Failure of a Responsible Person to report under Sections 18 and 19 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 Where it is apparent that a Responsible Person has failed to provide a report in accordance with the requirements in sections 18 or 19 of the TSI Act, the circumstances of the apparent failure will be assessed to determine the appropriate action to be taken. Appropriate action will be based on two options: (a)  educate the…

ATSB Safety Issue Investigation: Queensland Coastal Pilotage About the ATSB The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is an independent Australian Government statutory agency. The Bureau is governed by a commission and is entirely separate from transport regulators and service providers. The ATSBs objective is safe transport and its function is to improve safety and public confidence in transport safety through excellence in safety investigations and research and promulgating the lessons learned, safety actions and safety messages. It is not the purpose of ATSB investigations to apportion…

Australia's REPCON Marine Confidential reporting Scheme offers seafarers the opportunity to report unsafe conditions, practices or procedures aboard ships without fear of being identified. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau collects information for the purposes of enhancing marine safety. The information may be disclosed to other bodies or individuals for this purpose. If the information is the subject of an investigation it will only be used in accordance with the Transport…

Subsection 25(1) of Part 4 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003. 25  reports on investigations (1)     The ATSB must, as soon as practicable after an investigation has been completed, publish, by electronic or other means, a report in relation to the investigation. (2)     The ATSB may, at any time before an investigation has been completed, publish, by electronic or other means, a report…

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As established by the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003, the ATSB is an independent Commonwealth Government statutory agency, reporting to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Australian Government Ministers issue Statements of Expectations to statutory agencies. Through issuing a Statement of Expectations, Ministers provide greater clarity about government policies and objectives relevant to that statutory authority, including the policies and…

The International Confidential Aviation Safety Systems (ICASS) Group promotes confidential Reporting systems as an effective method of enhancing flight safety in commercial air transport and general aviation operations. The principal objectives of the ICASS Group are: To provide advice and assistance in the startup and operation of a confidential Reporting system. To facilitate the exchange of safety related information between independent…

Accidents and serious incidents (commonly called Reportable matter?">Immediately Reportable Matters), which affect the safety of aircraft must, in the first instance, be notified to the ATSB by telephone toll-free call (24 hour) 1800 011 034. If telephoning from outside Australia, please use +61 2 6230 4470. Click here to fill out an Occurrence Notification form  

ATSB supplements November-December Aviation Research at the ATSB When weather and terrain collude Investigation briefs Repcon briefs Download ATSB supplement (November-December 09) [PDF: 860KB] September-October Amateur-built and experimental aircraft survey: The results Engine Failure Investigation briefs Repcon briefs Download ATSB supplement (September-October 09) [PDF: 860KB] July-August Reporting trends in charter operations Fuel system event Investigation briefs Repcon briefs Download ATSB supplement (July-August 09) [PDF: 889KB] May-June…