The following statement can be attributed to ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell:  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into the collision with terrain of a four…

A transport safety investigation has been launched into a collision between a truck and a passenger train in South Geelong, Victoria, on the morning of 3 April. The investigation will be undertaken by the office of the Chief Investigator, Transport Safety, which conducts rail safety investigations in Victoria on behalf of the ATSB under the Commonwealth Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003. Investigators have deployed to the site to examine the railway infrastructure, truck, and rollingstock in-situ, documenting evidence and…

The ATSB has commenced a transport safety investigation into the collision with terrain of a light aircraft near Bloomsbury, Queensland. A search and rescue operation was launched on the evening of 2 April after a Piper Cherokee did not arrive at Lakeside Airpark, after departing a property south of Charters Towers. A wreckage site was located on 3 April, approximately 30 km south-west of Proserpine. The ATSB is deploying a team of transport safety investigators from its Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane offices, with experience in aircraft operations, maintenance and engineering, and human…