The ATSB has released a preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into a fatal accident involving an Air Tractor AT-400 aerial application aircraft during spraying operations west of…
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A NSW TrainLink service was stopped, and the train evacuated, after a small fire was detected at the rear;
The fire was the result of a collapsed axle bearing,…
An incident where a police air wing AW139 helicopter flew below the lowest safe altitude in the vicinity of Mount Baw Baw, Victoria, highlights the importance of lowest safe altitude…
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Two of five landing gear downlock pins were not removed after a Boeing 787 was towed to the gate and prior to departure;
Pins were also not identified during…
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During a low-level geophysical survey flight, an overstress fracture due to a fatigue crack in a Cessna 210’s wing carry-through spar structure resulted in the…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is alerting owners and operators of Vulcanair/Partenavia P.68 aircraft of a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposal to issue an…
A pilot did not conduct a missed approach on two separate occasions while on an approach to land during which their twin-engined Piper aircraft exceeded tracking tolerance limits and they…
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A train’s driver was probably distracted by unrelated thoughts when the train passed a signal instructing it to stop;
Driver stopped the train across a junction…
This Airport Safety Week the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and Airservices Australia are again reminding pilots and operators to observe and obey stop bar lights at runway…
A Beechcraft Baron descended below minimum safe altitude during a night visual approach to Parafield Airport when the pilot lost situational awareness, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau…
