Media Release
The ATSB has found that an undetected flaw, and the subsequent failure of a critical main engine component, led to the bulk carrier Enterprise being disabled in Bass Strait on 10 July 2006 and drifting for nearly three days.
The ATSB has found that a collision between a freight train and motor car occurred because the flashing lights, bells and boom gates failed to operate as the train approached the level crossing.
The ATSB has found that four crew members who were injured on board the bulk carrier Shirane on 2 April 2007 were not aware of similar previous boiler explosions (flashbacks) which could have fore warned them.
The Executive Director of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has today authorised the re-opening of the investigation into the crash of Whyalla Airlines VH-MZK.
The ATSB's final investigation report into an aircraft accident near Willowbank in Queensland last year, resulting in five deceased persons and two seriously injured survivors, found that the aircraft's performance prior to impacting a large tree and crashing into a dam was consistent with an eng
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released its final
report after an almost two-year investigation of the systemic
factors behind the groundings of Ansett B767 aircraft.
Failure to keep a proper lookout, a faulty radio and fatigue
resulted in a collision between two vessels off the coast of
Western Australian on 18 January 2001, according to an
investigation report released by the Australian Transport Safety
Bureau today.
Air Safety Investigation Report 200100348 Fact Sheet
On 18 November 2001, a ballast tank of the Hong Kong-registered bulk carrier Nego Kim exploded killing eight crew members.
