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Examples of lifejacket interference Safety notice to aircraft lifejacket manufacturers Read more
Starboard side boarding site and ladder arrangement Enduring safety lessons from fatal pilot ladder crew transfer accident Read more
Figure 3: Damage to VH-SPA following the collision with VH-EDJ ATSB releases preliminary report from on-going Caboolture mid-air collision investigation Read more
VH-PSC - image supplied by operator Preliminary report details known sequence of events in Limbunya Station R22 helicopter accident Read more
Site overview Fuel flow fluctuations experienced before Groote Eylandt accident, preliminary investigation report details Read more
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New aviation investigations

AO-2023-044 Collision with terrain involving Bell 204B, registration VH-EQW, Tarome, Queensland on 20 September 2023 Read more
AO-2023-041 Descent below lowest safe altitude involving Fokker 100, VH-FGB, near Adelaide Airport, South Australia on 30 August 2023 Read more
AO-2023-043 Runway excursions on take-off involving Airbus A330-323 9M-MTL and Boeing 787-9 VN-A819 at Melbourne Airport, Victoria, on 7 and 18 September 2023 Read more
AO-2023-042 In-flight upset involving Boeing Company 737-8FE, registration VH-YQR, 77 NM west of Ballina/Byron Gateway Airport, New South Wales on 6 September 2023 Read more
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New rail investigations

RO-2023-007 Collision between freight train Y375 and a track mounted excavator, near Fairfield Station, Queensland, on 15 July 2023 Read more
RO-2023-006 Level crossing collision between freight train and truck near Katherine, Northern Territory on 14 June 2023 Read more
RO-2023-005 Safeworking breach involving train 3SP7, near Ooldea, South Australia, on 1 June 2023 Read more
RO-2023-004 Signal CS025 passed at danger involving train number TE43 between Fortitude Valley and Bowen Hills, Queensland on 24 May 2023 Read more
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New marine investigations

MO-2023-002 Steering failure and contact with navigational beacon involving CMA CGM Puccini, Port Melbourne, Victoria, on 25 May 2023 Read more
MO-2023-001 Grounding of World Diana in Bunbury, Western Australia, on 22 April 2023 Read more
MO-2022-007 Grounding of Hagen Oldendorff, Port Hedland, Western Australia, 9 April 2022 Read more
MO-2022-006 Propulsion failure of Portland Bay, off Port Kembla, New South Wales, 4 July 2022 Read more
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Outstanding Safety Issues

RO-2021-004-SI-06 ARTC Extreme Weather Monitoring and Response (Amber and Red Alert)
AO-2021-038-SI-01 SFIS surveillance coverage
AO-2022-007-SI-01 Inappropriate use of the visual approach in marginal weather
RO-2021-008-SI-04 Removal of repeat back requirement
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