Aviation
An ATSB report has found that a recent airspace incident was both an 'airprox' and a 'serious incident' and that a Brasilia and a Partenavia aircraft passed about 40 m horizontally at the same altitude from each other.
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Piper Navajo fatal accident on 31 October 2006 will be held today, Wednesday 1 November 2006
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fatal Metroliner aircraft accident near Lockhart River on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland on 7 May 2005 was held today, Thursday 12 May 2005.
The ATSB's final investigation report into the Piper Aztec accident which killed a family of five near Mareeba, Queensland on 1 October 2003, has found that the pilot was probably incapacitated as a result of a cardiac event.
A media conference for the release of the interim report and the
two discussion papers will be held on Thursday 31 August
2006.
Where: 15 Mort Street, Canberra City (ATSB
Headquarters)
Time: 10:30 local time
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation
into the circumstances surrounding the Lancair fatal accident on 5
April 2006 will be held today, Thursday 6 April 2006
Where: Carpark Hangar 109, Drover Road,
Bankstown Aerodrome, NSW
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Lancair fatal accident on 5 April 2006 will be held today, Thursday 6 April 2006
Where: Carpark Hangar 109, Drover Road, Bankstown Aerodrome, NSW
Since November this year, there have been numerous stories in the Australian media suggesting, among other things, that commercial aviation safety is declining and fatal accidents involving professional pilots in Australia in the last three years were very high compared with the start of the 1990
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is conducting an on-site investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fatal agricultural aircraft accident involving a Cessna C188B aircraft, registered VH-ZIP which occurred south of Narrandera, NSW on 26 March 2006.
A media conference discussing the factual information contained in the interim report into the circumstances surrounding the fatal aircraft accident near Lockhart River on 7 May 2005 will be held on, Friday 16 December 2005.
