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Pedal breaks, jams following small control input
Failure likely due to a pre-existing fatigue crack, undetected at previous 100-hourly inspection
Maintenance…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is joining over 80 organisations in promoting the important messages of Rail Safety Week 2020: Rail safety – I am RailSAFE, across 10–16 August…
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AW139 EMS helicopter main rotor blades struck trees during night winching
ATSB investigation is ongoing
Preliminary report outlines factual information from the…
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Nozzle guide vane aerofoil in a CF6 engine fails shortly after take-off
Crew executed in-flight engine shutdown, turnback and overweight landing
Engine manufacturer…
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Pilots took off with fog forecast and fog developing in the area
The descent in low visibility resulted in the pilot having insufficient time to manoeuvre the…
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Engine failed as a result of an internal oil fire, weakening a turbine disk and resulting in turbine blades being released
Fire occurred when oil leaked from an oil…
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Wheel rim fractured and tyre deflated due to undetected fatigue cracking, a known issue
Non-detection likely due to inadequate guidance on inspection requirements…
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Worn bushings led to fretting damage on a lever arm in the fourth-stage variable stator vanes within a General Electric CF6-80E1 engine’s high-pressure compressor…
A fan blade failure in an Airbus A330’s Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine due to a fatigue crack has led to enhanced inspection processes and technical solutions that reduce the likelihood of…
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Boeing 777 turned right on departure from Sydney Airport instead of left, resulting in a loss of separation with an ATR72 that had departed from the parallel runway…
