The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been notified of an incident involving a Qantas Airbus A330 aircraft on a flight from Singapore to Perth. While cruising in level flight, the aircraft experienced a sudden in-flight upset, resulting in injuries to a number of cabin crew and passengers, primarily in the rear of the aircraft. The crew declared a MAYDAY and diverted the aircraft to Learmonth, near Exmouth in WA, where it landed without further incident. Early reports indicate that three cabin crew and approximately 30 passengers sustained injuries, including about 15 with serious…

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation is progressing. The aircraft's Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) arrived in Canberra late on Wednesday evening. Downloading and preliminary analysis overnight has revealed good data from both recorders. Data from the FDR has been provided to Qantas, the French Bureau d'Enqu'tes et d'Analyses (BEA) and Airbus as parties to the investigation. While the full interpretation and analysis of the recorded data will take some time, preliminary review of the data indicates that after the aircraft climbed about 200 feet from…

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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been notified of an aircraft accident involving an Airbus A330 at Sydney Airport at approximately 10.45 AEDT (local time) today. The ATSB will have a team of investigators at the accident site this afternoon to commence the on-site phase of the investigation. Any person/witness with information about the accident is encouraged to contact the ATSB on 1800 020 616.

A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding this helicopter accident will be held today, Thursday 20 November 2008. Where: Adjacent to the accident site via Mannum Road, 8 km N of Murray Bridge, SA. Time: 3:00 pm Central Summertime (local time) Mr Charles Davies, Investigator-in-Charge (IIC), will discuss factual information known to the investigation team at this time and will outline the investigation process. Any person/witness with information about the accident is encouraged to contact the ATSB on 1800 020 616. No further media…