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Failing to keep a proper lookout was the major cause of yet another collision between a trading ship and a commercial fishing vessel, according to an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation report released today.

The ATSB's final investigation report has found that an Airbus A330 passenger aircraft that landed at Sydney in fog on 6 April last year did so because the adverse weather conditions were unforecast and the flight crew continued to manoeuvre the aircraft for a landing at Sydney past the time they

The ATSB investigation into the fatal Piper Seneca accident on 11 November 2003, at Bankstown Airport has found that the aircraft departed from controlled flight at a height from which recovery was not possible. The reason for the loss of control could not be determined.

The engineers placed themselves in danger to save a ship in gale force weather conditions in Bass Strait after its main engine became disabled according to an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation report released today.

One seaman died and another was severely injured when a large wave broke over the bow of the container vessel Aotearoa Chief on 14 August 2004, according to an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation report released today.

The ATSB's Preliminary Aviation Safety Investigation Report into the 7 May 2005 Lockhart River accident in which two pilots and 13 passengers perished has found that the Metroliner had descended about 1000 ft below the minimum obstacle clearance altitude when it collided with terrain.

Fatigue was a major contributing factor to the longline fishing
vessel Ocean Odyssey collision with the side of the
container ship P&O Nedlloyd Taranaki. The ship was
drifting while assessing its engine problem when the fishing boat

The ATSB's final report into the terrain proximity caution
incident to the south-south-east of Canberra at 0544 am on 24 July
2004 has found that the flight crew of the Boeing 737 were affected
by fatigue and they misinterpreted the instrument approach chart

The ATSB's preliminary examination of recorders from the fatal Metroliner accident has found good data on the aircraft flight data recorder but not on the cockpit voice recorder.

Over reliance on the accuracy of Global Positioning System (GPS) derived positions by a watchkeeper contributed to the grounding of the 35 m adventure cruise vessel True North at about 2300 on 7 August 2004, according to an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation report released t