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MH370 search overview
Between May 2014 and January 2017 the ATSB led an underwater search for MH370. With the publication of the final report The Operational Search for MH370 on 3 October 2017, the ATSB ceased to have any formal role in searching for the missing aircraft. History of the search On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370), a Boeing 777 carrying 12 crew and 227 passengers (including 7 Australian citizens and residents), was lost during a flight from Kuala…
Instrument failure and control issues involving Raytheon Aircraft Company C90A, VH-JEO, 170 km north-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, Western Australia, on 25 January 2024
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, WA, Warburton Airport, WA, C90A, LJ-1464, Turboprop, VH-JEO, Part 135 Air transport operations - smaller aeroplanes, Nil, Raytheon Aircraft Company, Goldfields Air Services
AO-2024-003
Safety action underway to address airliner separation event
Several safety actions been made or are planned in response to a close proximity event between two 737 aircraft at Sydney Airport last year, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau final report…
Collision with terrain involving Cessna 172S, VH-CPQ, 3.5 km west of Camden Airport, New South Wales, on 24 January 2024
Camden Aerodrome, Camden Aerodrome, 172S, 172S8629, Piston, VH-CPQ, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Destroyed, Cessna Aircraft Company, Altocap Pty Ltd
AO-2024-002
Concern regarding track condition of the [Location] railway
RR2022-00035
Passenger movement in the cabin with the seatbelt sign illuminated
RA2022-00064
Errors in NOTAM times
RA2023-00081
Track work findings from Mount Rainbow derailment
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation into a derailment in Central Queensland has made a range of findings related to procedures during and after track disturbance maintenance…
Camden light aircraft accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into a collision with terrain accident involving a Cessna 172 aircraft near Camden Airport, on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after take-off from Camden, the aircraft descended and collided with terrain approximately 3 km west of the airport while conducting circuit operations. The ATSB will deploy a team of transport safety investigators from its Canberra and Brisbane offices, specialising in aeronautical engineering, aircraft maintenance and operations. Investigators will conduct a range of evidence-…
Multiple safety factors identified, and safety actions taken in response to Dombarton runaway and derailment
A transport safety investigation has concluded ineffective braking, caused by several factors, contributed to the runaway and subsequent high-speed derailment of almost 40 loaded grain wagons…