On 19 August 2016, a JetGo Australia Embraer EMB-135LR, registered VH-JTG, operated scheduled passenger flight JG65 from Tamworth, New South Wales, to Brisbane, Queensland. At 2104 Eastern Standard…
The Group of Chief Pilots from the majority of Australia’s high capacity carriers meet on a regular basis to discuss safety-related issues. (High capacity aircraft are those certificated as having a…
The crew’s response ultimately ensured the safe landing, taxiing and subsequent evacuation of 97 passengers, three cabin crew and two flight crew on a Newman to Perth flight on 23 September 2016.…
Effective use of Crew Resource Management procedures by a Fairchild SA227 flight crew helped them safely deliver 13 passengers from Armidale, NSW, to Brisbane, Queensland, after a mid-flight…
This follows the Queensland Government passing legislation that will see the ATSB investigating accidents and incidents on Queensland’s metropolitan and regional passenger, and freight rail networks…
On 11 November 2016, a Cessna 208B aircraft was on a re-familiarisation training flight with an instructor and trainee pilot on-board.
After take-off, at an altitude of about 500 ft, the instructor…
Australian aviation would be less safe without the means to confidentially report issues of concern.
“We have a powerful reporting culture in Australia,” says Elaine Hargreaves, the…
The Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin covers a range of the ATSB’s short investigations and highlights valuable safety lessons for pilots, operators and safety managers.
Released…
The ATSB recently renewed an Agency Arrangement with the Department of Infrastructure as part of the Australian and PNG governments’ cooperation in the transport sector.
The Agency…
Aircraft operators and organisations involved in aviation safety will soon have access to a new method of submitting written notifications to the ATSB of aviation safety matters.…
