In accordance with Section 19CB(2)* of the Air Navigation Act 1920, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will not be attending the accident site of the fatal crash of the Hughes 300 helicopter, VH-THM, rather an office investigation will be carried out.
The Aviation Safety Council (ASC) in Taipei has requested the assistance of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) in the investigation of the tragic accident at Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport, Taipei, on Monday 1 November 2000 involving a Boeing 747-400 operated by Singapore Airlin
Today the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is releasing its Preliminary Factual report into the tail strike involving Airbus A340-500, A6-ERG, during take-off at Melbourne Airport at approximately 10:31 PM on the evening of 20 March 2009.
At approximately 0730 this morning a Malaysian flag, 24 000 tonne container vessel 'Bunga Teratai Satu' ran aground on Sudbury Reef south-east of Cairns in the Great Barrier Reef marine park. The ship was en route from Singapore to Sydney.
At approximately 0400 Eastern Standard Time today the Australian Transport Safety Bureau was notified of a in-flight windscreen fire in an Airbus A330 aircraft that was en route from Osaka, Japan to Coolangatta, Australia.
At approximately 0700 on Thursday 22 June, the Australian
Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) received a report of a possible
collision between and cargo ship and a fishing vessel off the north
coast of NSW in the early hours of 21 June.
Last night, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) was informed that a Cessna 206 aircraft had disappeared from radar near Cairns at approximately 6:51pm EST. The weather at the time was reported to be very poor, with low cloud, restricted visibility and heavy rain.
A media conference to release the Preliminary Factual Report on the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the A340-500 Tail Strike at Melbourne Airport on 20 March 2009, will be held on: Thursday 30 April 2009
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has commenced an investigation into a reported loss of power at the Sydney Air Traffic Services Centre.
The ATSB investigation team includes investigators with specialist Air Traffic Control and Engineering skills.
On Sunday afternoon 6 August, the ATSB was notified that a helicopter had crashed at approximately 6:04 pm EST. The helicopter is believed to have been on a scenic flight with a pilot and four passengers when it crashed near Norman Reef approximately 30 NM NNE of Cairns.
