A newly-replaced points machine at Brisbane’s Eagle Junction station resulted in a signal displaying an incorrect authority to proceed to a suburban passenger train as it had been pre-wired…
A data input error contributed to the flight crew of an Airbus A320 turning left shortly after take-off contrary to the cleared standard instrument departure, and at a height of about 223…
The derailment of a freight train near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia highlights the need for train crews to consistently apply procedures to reduce train speed in anticipation of a stop…
A Robinson R22 helicopter collided with terrain when it likely encountered a downdraft with insufficient height to recover while unnecessarily flying at low level through the Northern…
The collision with rising terrain of an FU24 Stallion aerial application aircraft highlights the importance of pre-flight planning of application runs to account for nearby terrain, an ATSB…
The ATSB is advising Pilatus PC-12 operators to review their pitch trim system training and checking processes to ensure pilots are adequately prepared to manage a trim…
The propellers of a Beech King Air operating a charter flight with one pilot and seven passengers on-board contacted the runway during an attempted landing at Mount Gambier Airport when the…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s Chief Commissioner, Greg Hood, has been reappointed as the chair of the International Transportation Safety Association (ITSA) for a second 12-month…
The deployment of an emergency exit’s ditching dam in flight highlights to flight crews that not every system in an aircraft is controllable or monitored, an ATSB investigation reinforces.…
The ATSB has published a statistical report of aerial firefighting accident and incident occurrence data spanning a near 20-year period, in response to a request for information from the…
