Release of report on Beech Super King Air aircraft
ATTENTION: Editors/Chief of Staff, Aviation/transport writers
The earlier invitation to attend a MEDIA CONFERENCE
ATTENTION: Editors/Chief of Staff, Aviation/transport writers
The earlier invitation to attend a MEDIA CONFERENCE
An ATSB report released today shows that the average age of many
aircraft in Australia is increasing but that this should not reduce
safety if quality maintenance systems are in place.
The ATSB has released a 500-page final report into Australia's worst civil aviation accident since 1968.
The ATSB has found it is likely that some passive level crossings in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia that are controlled by 'Stop' signs and are used by high combined gross mass road vehicles may have deficient sighting distances.
The ATSB has found that the crew on board the Isle of Man registered oil tanker British Mallard did not prevent the ship's elevator car from moving while they were working in the elevator shaft and, as a result, it moved unexpectedly, trapping and killing the ship's electrical technician
The ATSB is reviewing scope for possible action against Transair but re-emphasises that this is unrelated to the Transair accident on 7 May 2005 when all 15 on board lost their lives.
According to the ATSB investigation, the 'knockdown' of the sail training vessel Windeward Bound, in Bass Strait, was the result of inadequate preparations by the ships crew and the use of excessive rudder movements at the time that a forecast severe cold front passed over the vessel.
The ATSB has found that a collision between a train and low loader truck occurred because the truck driver was probably distracted and did not see the train approaching.
The ATSB has reviewed safety information on a Qantas 747 tyre burst incident on take-off at Singapore Airport on 8 March 2006 and agrees with the Singapore and German authorities that there was no safety concern warranting a major investigation.
The ATSB has been successful in downloading key data from the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Garuda 737 accident aircraft but the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) has not yet been able to be downloaded.