Our preferred method of contact for media is via email: media@atsb.gov.au Alternatively during regular Australian business hours call our media line: 1800 020 616(International call +61 2 6257 2463) We will respond to media inquiries outside of business hours at times of significant transport safety accidents and emergencies.

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As the accountable authority for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), I am pleased to present the ATSB’s 2019–20 Corporate Plan which covers the period 2019–20 to 2022–23. This Corporate Plan sets out the ATSB’s purpose – to improve transport safety in Australia – and strategies for achieving that purpose. The Corporate Plan also sets out the ATSB’s key deliverables and associated performance criteria. It has been prepared consistent with paragraph 35(1)(b) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the relevant provisions of the Transport Safety…

Australia’s aviation industry has a world-leading safety reporting culture. This is the result of many pilots and flight crew openly reporting incidents and accidents to the ATSB – sharing knowledge and information for the continual improvement of aviation safety. All accidents and incidents are reportable to the ATSB under the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003. The ATSB receives on average around 17,000 aviation occurrence reports every year from pilots and flight crew. Information provided with these occurrences are recorded in a database, and are…

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An Aviation Incident Reporting Summary (AIRS) is a list of accidents and incidents reported to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau attributed to an Aviation Reference Number (ARN) holder. ARN holders may request a record of involvement in aviation occurrences reported to the ATSB. The ATSB strongly advises against the use of an AIRS for employment selection purposes, as the involvement, or a lack of involvement, in safety occurrences does not truly qualify an individual’s airmanship.  Requests for an AIRS will not be accepted from parties other than the identified licence…

Information on ATSB investigation levels can be found here: Occurrence investigation levels | ATSB

Safety concern With the exponential increase in the number of RPAS in Australia, the number of near collisions with manned aircraft has also increased. The growth in the number of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in Australia is increasing rapidly. This presents an emerging and insufficiently understood transport safety risk. Over half of all occurrences involving an RPAS reported to the ATSB are near encounters with manned aircraft – almost half involve high capacity air transport aircraft. To date, there have been no reported collisions between RPAS and manned aircraft in Australia…