Safety concern The ATSB has investigated a number of incidents and accidents where fatigue was identified as having a causal effect. Human fatigue is a physical and psychological condition primarily caused by prolonged wakefulness and/or insufficient or disturbed sleep. Everyone has experienced fatigue at some point, but in the transport industry, where there’s often high pressure to deliver, fatigue can have very real, very dangerous implications. Fatigue can have a range of adverse influences on human performance, such as slowed reaction time, decreased work efficiency, reduced…

Penalties Section 26 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (TSI Act) imposes a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment for a person who discloses the contents of a draft report to any other person or to a court. The maximum penalty for unauthorised copying of the whole or any part of a draft report is $3,600. The reason for the penalties for unauthorised copying and disclosure of a draft report is that it may contain information that is subject to change as a result of…

Fatal accident prompts safety recommendations for skydiving operations A multi-fatal accident involving a Cessna U206G aircraft has resulted in the ATSB issuing recommendations to improve the safety of skydiving operations in Australia. The 22 March 2014 accident occurred when the aircraft was conducting tandem parachuting operations at Caboolture in Queensland. On board were the pilot, two parachuting instructors and two tandem parachutists. Shortly after take-off, the aircraft climbed to about 200 feet before aerodynamically stalling and colliding with the ground. Tragically, all five died…

These operational reports have been developed to provide regular updates on the progress of the search effort for MH370. Most recent at top

Accidents and serious incidents (commonly called Reportablematter7" title="What is an Immediatly Reportable or Routinely Reportable matter"> Immediately Reportable Matters), which affect the safety of aircraft must, in the first instance, be notified to the ATSB by telephone (24 hours) 1800…

Applying for a position overseas? If you are applying for a position overseas and the organisation wants a letter of verification of your Flight Crew Licence (FCL), the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) can issue a standard letter reflecting your qualifications including: Australian Flight Crew Licence (Including endorsements; ratings and approvals) Aviation Reference Number (ARN) Current Aviation Medical details including any conditions attached to the Certificate Details of any suspensions / cancellation of my Flight Crew Licence and any actions brought against…

Subsection 49(3) notice for the voice component of the voyage data recording recovered by ATSB after Shen Neng 1’s grounding at Douglas Shoal on 3 April 2010 The ATSB has issued a notice under s.49(3) of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (TSI Act) declaring the voice component of the voyage data recording not to be an on-board recording (OBR) for the purposes of Division 1, Part 6 of the TSI Act. Pursuant to section 49 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003, I declare that the whole of the identified recording (recovered by the ATSB on 9 April 2010) is not to be treated as…

On 8 March 2014, a Boeing 777 aircraft, operated as Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370), was lost during a flight from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Beijing in the People’s Republic of China, carrying 12 crew and 227 passengers. Under Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation “Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation”, Malaysia, as the state of registry and operation of MH370, had investigative responsibility for the missing aircraft. At the request of the Malaysian Government, the Australian Government accepted responsibility for initial search and recovery…

ACARS Aircraft Communications Addressing and reporting System. Acc Rep Accredited representative. In accordance with Annex 13, the ATSB may assist other overseas agencies in the investigation of accidents and serious incidents that do not involve Australian registered aircraft. In these cases an ATSB investigator would be appointed to the investigation as an accredited representative. On 1 April 2014 the ATSB appointed an accredited representative to the MH370 investigation, at the request of the Malaysian Government…

On 8 March 2014, the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft registered as Malaysia Airlines 9M-MRO and operating as flight MH370 (MH370) disappeared from air traffic control radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on a scheduled passenger service to Beijing, China with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board. After analysis of satellite data it was discovered that MH370 continued to fly for over six hours after contact was lost. All the available data indicates the aircraft entered the sea close to a long but narrow arc of the southern Indian Ocean. On 31 March 2014, following an extensive sea and…