An AW139 helicopter experienced an uncommanded high rate of descent during a search for a recreational fishing vessel while the crew was flying with the aid of night vision goggles in…
A helicopter crew has credited their surviving a collision with water with skills learned and practised as part of Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET).
The 28 January 2019…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) recognises and pays tribute to the extraordinary contribution made to aviation by Senja Robey, who passed away on 14 April at home, aged 93.…
A signal maintenance mechanic working on crossover points at Clyde rail yard, western Sydney, entered the danger zone before being struck by a passenger train and sustaining fatal injuries in…
Meteorological conditions and pre-flight preparation are among the areas of focus in the ATSB’s ongoing investigation into the fatal collision with terrain of an amateur-built Wittman…
A fatigue crack in a coal train wagon bogie went undetected during preventative maintenance before it escalated to a full fracture, increasing the risk of derailment, an ATSB investigation…
A fatigue crack in a turbine blade spread rapidly, causing a helicopter’s engine failure, an ATSB investigation found.
The incident occurred when a twin-engined Airbus…
After a wheel on one of its Boeing 737s failed, Virgin Australia implemented new landing gear wheel inspection requirements, while the wheel manufacturer, Safran, updated the relevant…
A passenger train sustained minor damage after colliding with a metal awning from a modified shipping container that was being transported by a freight train, which had opened in transit…
The pilot of a Cessna Grand Caravan was almost certainly incapacitated, possibly from hypoxia, when his aircraft flew uncontrolled into the ocean off the east coast of Japan. …
