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Investigations

Latest transport safety investigations

Accredited Representative to the Indonesian NTSC – Hard landing involving Airbus Helicopters EC135 P3H, PK-WSI, Weda Bay Airport, Indonesia, on 22 June 2026
Accredited Representative to the Japan Transport Safety Board following a runway excursion involving a Gulfstream G550, VH-PFL, at New Chitose Airport, Japan, on 12 December 2025
Collision with terrain involving scale-replica Spitfire, VH-SFX, near Northam Airport, Western Australia, on 24 June 2026
Pressurisation events involving Embraer ERJ 190, VH-XFM near Alice Springs Airport, Northern Territory, on 3 and 4 June 2026
Uncommanded descent involving Leonardo Helicopters AW139, VH-ZXA, about 33 km east of Williamtown Airport, New South Wales, on 24 June 2026
Fuel starvation and forced landing involving Cessna 207, VH-UBW, 6.5 km north of Darwin Airport, Northern Territory, on 24 June 2026

Occurrence briefs

Latest occurrence brief reports

Landing gear failure and runway excursion involving a Cessna 210L, Garmedi Aircraft Landing Area, Northern Territory, on 19 May 2026
Aircraft separation issue involving a Fokker F100 and Cessna 172, 10 km east-south-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, Western Australia, on 14 May 2026
Engine failure and forced landing involving a Found Aircraft Canada FBA-2C3, about 48 km from Richmond Airport, Queensland, on 26 May 2026

Outstanding safety issues

Identified safety issues awaiting safety action.

Inadequate emergency steering procedures
Train cross procedures
Collision survivability – locomotive

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