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FOI Disclosure 2025-26
Date of access (date decision released to applicant) FOI reference number Description of documents Documents released Access 5 December 2025 FOI 25-26(09) ...a search of any aviation occurrences involving a Cessna 182L, registration VH-EHB operated in the Northern Territory, between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 1996.  The event of interest reportedly involved a low-level flight near the Stuart Highway close to Mataranka, enroute to Newcastle…
Incorrect landing configuration involving Boeing 737, VH-YFZ, Melbourne Airport, Victoria, on 2 July 2025
Sydney Airport, New South Wales, Melbourne Airport, Victoria, 737-800, 41005, Jet, VH-YFZ, Part 121 Air transport operations - larger aeroplanes, Nil, The Boeing Company, Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd
AO-2025-038
Train separation and runaway involving freight train 1WB7, Eastwood, New South Wales, on 6 July 2025
1WB7, Freight, Runaway, Qube Logistics, Freight Service
RO-2025-004
Tail rotor strike involving Robinson R22 Beta II, VH-HGE, 58 km north-west of Anthony Lagoon, Northern Territory, on 1 July 2025
Anthony Lagoon Aircraft Landing Area, Northern Territory, Anthony Lagoon Aircraft Landing Area, Northern Territory, R22 Beta II, 2574, Helicopter, VH-HGE, Part 138 Aerial work operations, Substantial, Robinson Helicopter Co
AO-2025-035
Collision with terrain involving Eurocopter EC120B, VH-JDZ, Porepunkah aerodrome, Victoria, on 15 May 2025
Porepunkah Aircraft Landing Area, Victoria, Albury Airport, New South Wales, EC120B, 1352, Helicopter, VH-JDZ, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Substantial, Eurocopter, Dewpoint Investments Pty Ltd
AO-2025-023
Training and low level of experience among helicopter flight and [task specialist] crew
RA2024-00187
Cabin crew fatigue management options post 'back-of-clock' and long-distance flight duties
RA2024-00205
Poor track condition
RR2024-00030
Excessive aircraft cabin temperatures during ground operations
RA2024-00233
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) not utilising satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) for search and rescue purposes
RA2024-00158
The ATSB notes that an Aireon press release from 12 September 2024 notes that: Under the terms of the two-year agreement, AMSA, Australia’s national agency responsible for maritime safety, protection of the marine environment, and maritime aviation search and rescue, will use the Aireon Locate platform across the nearly 53 million square kilometers of the Melbourne Flight Information Region (FIR) and Brisbane FIR, plus a 300-nautical-mile buffer/transition zone.