An ATSB report has found that a recent airspace incident was both an 'airprox' and a 'serious incident' and that after taking evasive action, a Cirrus SR20 and a Cessna 172 aircraft passed about 200 metres horizontally and 50 ft vertically from each other.
The ATSB's final investigation report into an airspace incident on 7 April involving a Boeing 737 and a Lancair aircraft has found that while it was an 'airprox' it was not a 'serious incident' because of timely action by the air traffic controller and both crews.
The ATSB final investigation report into the crash that killed the two occupants of a Robinson R22 helicopter at Yakka Munga Station in Western Australia, has found that a drive shaft to the main rotor blades failed.
The ATSB investigation into the fatal Aero Commander accident on 19 February 2004, 58 km NNW of Hobart is focusing on the reason for an overload failure of the wings in flight.
The ATSB has two marine investigators in transit to investigate the fatal lifeboat accident at Port Hedland yesterday.
The ATSB has released a Preliminary Investigation Report into a
24 July 2004 Boeing 737 incident involving a ground proximity
warning 22km south of Canberra aerodrome.
The report can be found on the ATSB web site
www.atsb.gov.au.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been advised that two people were fatally injured in a Robinson R44 helicopter crash which occurred at about 6.30pm on 8 September 2004.
The accident occurred some 30NM, West South West of Roma, Queensland.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised that the door that fell from a Raytheon Beechcraft King Air B300 aircraft on Tuesday 7 September 2004 has been located.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has found that fatigue cracking in the blade slots of a high-pressure turbine disk led directly to the uncontained failure of the left engine of a Boeing 767 aircraft that occurred near Brisbane on 8 December 2002.
