Media contacts For all media inquiries please contact us via email: media@atsb.gov.au Alternatively during Canberra business hours call our media line: 1800 020 616 (international callers dial +61 2 6257 2463). We will promptly respond to all media enquiries during business hours. Outside of business hours we will respond to media inquiries only where there has been a significant transport accident or incident. In rare circumstances, such as following a major transport accident, we may temporarily adopt a broadcast-only positioning, and may not be able to immediately reply to individual…

Date of access (date decision released to applicant) FOI reference number Description of documents Documents released Access 30 October 2020 FOI 20-21(2) Copies of any communication, reports, records, handwritten notes, and photographs in relation to an aircraft incident involving a Evektor Sportstar at a Vineyard adjacent to David Street, Renmark, South Australia on 16 November 2019. FOI 20-21(2) documents Partial 20 November 2020 FOI 20-21(9) Any non-restricted information in relation to an accident involving…

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Consistent with the Minister’s Statement of Expectations, the ATSB provides input into government inquiries reviewing the ATSB’s jurisdiction across different modes of transport. Below are recent submissions the ATSB has made to relevant government inquiries. Independent Review of Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety Legislation and Costs and Charging Arrangements Organisation conducting the inquiry Independent reviewers, Reporting to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport,…

Date of access (date decision released to applicant) FOI reference number Description of documents Documents released Access 30 April 2020 FOI 19-20(10) A complete copy of the investigation report and file in relation to an incident aboard flight QF599 on 12 July 2019 flying from Adelaide to Perth. FOI 19-20(10) documents Partial 13 September 2019 FOI 19-20(1) All emails, letters and other communications between the ATSB and external parties – including but not limited to DIPs – pertaining to the release of ATSB investigation AI-2018-010: The…

The role of the Audit and Risk Committee is to provide advice to the accountable authority on the appropriateness of financial and performance reporting, system of risk oversight and management, and system of internal control. The Audit and Risk Committee Charter outlines the functions, roles and responsibilities and administrative arrangements of the Committee.

Date of access (date decision released to applicant) FOI reference number Description of documents Documents released Access 7 May 2015 FOI 14-15(12) Access to the following documents in relation to an aircraft accident which occurred at the East Kimberley Regional Airport, Victoria Highway, Kununurra, Western Australia on 23 January 2013: any investigation reports and all reports complied and are obtained in relation to subject incident; any photographs, videos, recordings, drawings, sketches, maps, blueprints…

Date of access (date decision released to applicant) FOI reference number Description of documents Documents released Access 3 September 2012 FOI 11-12(24) any documents held by the ATSB, on the subject of "'unidentified flying objects' (UFO), including a search of the ATSB's OASIS aviation occurrence database, or other similar databases; and a copy of all papers dated after 1 January 1983, on an Air Accident Investigation file, file reference V116/783/1047 titled 'DSJ-Cape Otway to King Island 21 October 1978 - Aircraft missing.' Contact ATSB Partial 3 September 2012 FOI 11-12(21…

Date of access (date decision released to applicant) FOI reference number Description of documents Documents released Access 28 July 2017 FOI 16-17(27) The document lodged under the REPCON scheme that reported to the ATSB the pre-flight/planning event on 3 March 2014 at Sydney Airport involving an Airbus A320, VH-VNJ. FOI 16-17(27) documents Partial 31 May 2017 FOI 16-17(24) All documents relating to an aviation accident which occurred near the Barwon Highway, Callandoon, Queensland on 28 December 2016. FOI 16-17(24) documents Partial 10 May 2017…

Date of access (date decision released to applicant) FOI reference number Description of documents Documents released Access 29 August 2013 FOI 12-13(15) all documents held by the ATSB relating to the helicopter VH-MJO’s collision with terrain on 9 December 2009 (aviation occurrence investigation number AO‑2009‑077)(Incident); all documents held by the ATSB relating to the pilot of the helicopter; all statements obtained by or provided to the ATSB in relation to this incident; and all documents, materials or things obtained by or provided to the ATSB in relation to investigation into…