Typically, the ATSB safety reporting team receives more than 17,000 notifications of safety occurrences each year, spread over aviation, marine and rail. While there may be duplicate notifications of the same occurrence and many of the notifications submitted are about matters not required to be reported under the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003, each one is reviewed and recorded.   The TSI Act requires any responsible person who…

ATSB investigation reports The ATSB will release a final report at the conclusion of an investigation, detailing contributing factors, safety issues and other findings. However, at any time during the course of an investigation, should we uncover safety critical information we will immediately share that with relevant parties so they can take appropriate safety action. Depending on the complexity of the occurrence and the scope of the…

The ATSB conducts different levels of investigation according to the anticipated scope and scale of the work required to determine the contributing factors to a safety occurrence. Occurrence briefs Occurrence briefs provide the opportunity to share important safety messaging and information with industry and the public in the absence of an investigation. They are a…

New reporting requirements for safety occurrences involving remotely piloted aircraft (or drones) took effect on 30 September 2021. The Transport Safety Investigation Regulations 2021 require the reporting of certain transport safety occurrences to the ATSB as immediately or routine reportable matters, and introduced updated…

ATSB policy provides for identifying most organisations in its transport safety investigations. Most organisations directly involved in any aviation occurrence investigated by the ATSB are identified in the report and on the investigation web page. The policy ensures the ATSB’s compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s recommended practices. It also ensures that the ATSB has a consistent and transparent approach across all of its aviation, rail and marine safety investigations. Operators and other organisations can be assured that it…