The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been advised of a fatal aviation accident involving a Piper Seneca aircraft, VH-CTT which occurred at Bankstown Airport at about 12.52 (AEDST) today.

At this point in time details available to the Bureau are sketchy.

Partnerships & Cooperation in an Environment of Resource Constraints & Security Imperatives

• There is a tension between independent safety investigation with accident site control and other legitimate investigation that entails cooperation

The ATSB supports safety recommendations the SA Coroner has made today that reinforce those by the ATSB, but disagrees with some of the Coroner's key conclusions.

Presentation given to Waypoint 2007 on Investigation and data
issues.

Speech delivered to Asia-Pacific Coroners' Conference, Hobart,
Tasmania on ATSB fatality investigations in Australia and the Asia
Pacific by Mr Kym Bills, Executive Director, Australian Transport
Safety Bureau.

Overview

• Australia has a very safe transport system in international terms across all modes
• However, major accidents are low probability, high consequence events and we can never afford to be complacent

Spoken by Mr Kym Bills, Executive Director, Australian Transport Safety Bureau 23 July 2007

Presentation given by Mr Kym Bills,

Executive Director

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

Department of Transport and Regional Services

Speech presented 7 Aug 2006

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Rail 2007, Sydney NSW, 3 April 2007