The deployment of an emergency exit’s ditching dam in flight highlights to flight crews that not every system in an aircraft is controllable or monitored, an ATSB investigation reinforces.…
A Robinson R22 helicopter collided with terrain when it likely encountered a downdraft with insufficient height to recover while unnecessarily flying at low level through the Northern…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released the preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into the mid-air collision involving a Piper Seminole and a Beech Travel Air aircraft…
Improper stowage of helicopter winch hook assemblies can lead to excessive movement and accelerated wear of the cable, which if undetected, can lead to catastrophic failure of the winch cable…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released its latest Aviation Occurrence Statistics report, covering the 10-year period from 2010 to 2019.
“Each year, thousands of safety…
The importance of having a clear, defined emergency plan for critical stages of flight is highlighted by a Cessna 172’s loss of control and collision with terrain in a residential street near…
The origin of a white, rubbery contaminant discovered in Jet A1 fuel drums was determined to be sealant used on drum lids and bases, an ATSB investigation has found.
In September of…
The derailment of five freight train wagons highlights the importance of robust network rules that provide guidance for degraded condition operations, an ATSB investigation found.…
A child fell between a railway station platform and a departing suburban passenger train at Gosnells Station in Perth, highlighting the need to observe platform safety markings, an ATSB…
A twin-engine Cessna 441 Conquest collided with the ground shortly after take-off following a simulated engine failure at about 400 feet when the aircraft did not achieve the expected single-…
