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Multiple safety factors identified, and safety actions taken in response to Dombarton runaway and derailment
A transport safety investigation has concluded ineffective braking, caused by several factors, contributed to the runaway and subsequent high-speed derailment of almost 40 loaded grain wagons…
Support for ATSB family members
Free mental health and wellbeing support for family members The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is committed to providing its employees and their families with support to help them look after their own and their family’s wellbeing. TELUS Health – the ATSB’s Employee Assistance Provider ATSB Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) health and wellbeing services for staff and their families are now provided by TELUS Health. The TELUS Health service model includes online cognitive behavioural therapy as well as access to free and confidential in-person…
Non-compliance with En Route Supplement Australia (ERSA) SP 7 - Ayers Rock
RA2023-00085
The ATSB has consulted with the local scenic operators on the concerns raised. Some operators acknowledge they fly the procedure at a higher altitude in order to increase separation as they are operating a slower aircraft. All local operators acknowledge it would be beneficial for the reverse procedure to be published in ERSA particularly for the benefit of itinerant pilots not familiar with the procedure.
Preliminary report details initial evidence gathered in Hawks Nest R66 helicopter accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into a Robinson R66 helicopter’s in-flight break-up and collision with water near Hawks…
Technical Assistance to RAAus – Collision with terrain involving Tecnam P92 TD, 24-8357, Boonah, Queensland, on 14 January 2024
AE-2024-001
Accredited representative to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) - Collision with terrain involving ATR 72-212A, 9N-ANC, 3 km west of Pokhara International Airport, Nepal, on 15 January 2023
AA-2023-001
ATSB releases Port Phillip Bay jet mid-air collision preliminary report
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary report into its ongoing investigation of a mid-air collision involving two jet trainer aircraft over Port Phillip Bay, south…
Don’t Push It, DON'T GO – the dangers of VFR into IMC
Twenty-one people were fatally injured in nine aircraft accidents in the last 10 years where pilots had flown into cloud, fog or darkness when they did not have the proficiency to do so, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) figures show. A total of 101 occurrences of visual flight rules (VFR) pilots inadvertently flying into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) in Australian airspace were reported to the ATSB in the decade from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2019. Of those occurrences, nine were accidents resulting in 21 deaths. “These concerning…
Effective risk management of inadvertent entry into IMC relies on multiple layers of controls, ATSB Mt Disappointment investigation highlights
The ATSB investigation into an Airbus EC130 helicopter accident on Mount Disappointment highlights that the effective management of the risk of inadvertent entry into instrument…
Engine malfunction and runway overrun involving Cessna 208, VH-NWJ, at Lizard Island, Queensland, on 8 January 2024
Lizard Island Airport, Cairns Airport, 208B, 208B2161, Turboprop, VH-NWJ, Part 135 Air transport operations - smaller aeroplanes, Substantial, Cessna Aircraft Company, Townsville Airlines Pty Ltd
AO-2024-001