As an operationally independent body within the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is Australia's prime agency for Transport Safety Investigations.
It is therefore essential that the agency's name is reported correctly: AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT SAFETY BUREAU (ATSB) when covering the Bureau's activities.
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
Mr Alan Stray, Deputy Director, Information and Investigations will discuss factual information contained in the report and the two discussion papers.
As an operationally independent body within the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's primary media objectives are to communicate about transport safety in Australia�- in particular the progress and results from transport accident investigations.
To facilitate this communication process and assist you to get a timely response, the ATSB has put in place a toll free telephone number: 1800 020 616, which is accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week. This number should be used for all your enquiries relating to transport accident investigations conducted by the ATSB
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
Time: 11:30 local time (Eastern Standard Time)
Mr Andrew Roberton, the investigator in charge (IIC), will
discuss factual information known to the investigation team at this
time and will outline the investigation process.
Any person/witness with information about the accident is
encouraged to contact the ATSB on 1800 020 616.
No further media briefings will be conducted by the on-site team. After this briefing, all media enquiries must be directed to the media contact listed below.
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
Time: 11:30 local time (Eastern Standard Time)
Mr Andrew Roberton, the investigator in charge (IIC), will discuss factual information known to the investigation team at this time and will outline the investigation process.
Any person/witness with information about the accident is encouraged to contact the ATSB on 1800 020 616.
No further media briefings will be conducted by the on-site team. After this briefing, all media enquiries must be directed to the media contact listed below.
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 1990s and had increased compared with those involving private pilots.
The Executive Director of the ATSB therefore commissioned a research paper to analyse the facts contained in the ATSB database and to seek comment on the paper's content and findings.
A media conference discussing the factual information contained in this paper will be held on, Thursday 22 December 2005
Where: 15 Mort Street, Canberra City ACT (ATSB headquarters)
Time: 10:00 local time
Mr Kym Bills, Executive Director, ATSB, will discuss the factual material contained in the paper.
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Lancair fatal accident on 26 March 2006 will be held today, Friday 31 March 2006
Where: In the vicinity of John Tonge Forensic Centre, Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, Qld
Time: 14:30 local time (Eastern Standard Time)
Mr Mike Cavenagh, the investigator in charge (IIC), will discuss factual information known to the investigation team at this time and will outline the investigation process.
Any person/witness with information about the accident is encouraged to contact the ATSB on 1800 020 616.
No further media briefings will be conducted by the on-site team. After this briefing, all media enquiries must be directed to the media contact listed below.
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.
Consequently, the ATSB would like any person/witness who may have information about the accident or who may have observed the aircraft in the 24 hours leading up to the accident to contact the Bureau as soon as possible on 1800 020 616.
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.
Where: 15 Mort Street, Canberra City ACT (ATSB headquarters)
Time: 10:00 local time
Mr Alan Stray, Deputy Director, Aviation Safety Investigation, will discuss only factual material known to the investigation team at this time.
The investigation is continuing.
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.
Where: 15 Mort Street, Canberra City - (ATSB Headquarters)
Time: 14:30 local time (ACT)
Mr Alan Stray, the Deputy Director, Aviation Safety Investigation, discussed only verified factual material known to the investigation team at the time.
Any person/witness with information about the accident is encouraged to contact the ATSB on 1800 020 616 and will be put in touch with an investigator.
With the exception of this media conference all media contact will continue to be with the Bureau's central office.
