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Ground Delay Program not being activated resulting in excessive controller workload
RA2024-00228
Cabin service carts equipped with faulty and or missing brakes
RA2024-00221
On 12 September 2025, the operator provided the following update: [Operator] has now embedded [Catering] as a standing agenda item in our monthly safety meeting, which ensures that we have regular oversight at an accountable manager level. During these meetings, the Head of [Catering] provides detailed updates covering key items, including incidents, product updates, regulatory updates, key risks, microbiological and pathogen testing results, and continuous improvement activities around catering. One of the key activities is a program of work on brake maintenance and…
Crew rest facilities, cabin crew training and aircraft cabin cooling
RA2024-00216
Cabin crew fatigue as the result of recently introduced rostered duties
RA2024-00209
Collision with terrain involving Air Tractor AT-802, VH-ODX, about 55 km north-north-west of Port Lincoln Airport, South Australia, on 8 September 2025
AT-802A, 802A-0243, Turboprop, VH-ODX, Part 137 Aerial application operations, Substantial, Air Tractor Inc, Aerotech Australasia Pty Ltd
AO-2025-053
Engine malfunction involving Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8, VH-LHC, near Djarindjin/Lombadina Airport, Western Australia, on 22 August 2025
Broome Airport, Western Australia, Djarindjin/Lombadina Airport, Western Australia, GA-8, GA8-04-057, Piston, VH-LHC, Part 135 Air transport operations - smaller aeroplanes, Nil, Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd, Air Kimberley
AO-2025-052
Ground strike involving Aerospatiale AS 350 B2, 110 km south-east of Port Hedland Airport, Western Australia, on 18 August 2025
AB-2025-041
BAe 146 freighter tail strike at Brisbane highlights importance of mitigating lower pilot experience levels
Both pilots of a BAe 146 freighter aircraft that struck its tail on landing at Brisbane Airport did not meet the operator’s minimum experience requirements, an ATSB investigation report…
Yeelanna, SA Air Tractor accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into an accident involving an Air Tractor agricultural aircraft at Yeelanna, on South Australia’s Lower Eyre Peninsula, on Monday afternoon.  As reported to the ATSB, the aircraft collided with terrain during agricultural spraying operations.…
Air Tractor pilot’s attention likely diverted by spray system warning prior to collision with terrain
An Air Tractor pilot’s attention was likely diverted by a spray system warning before their aircraft struck the ground during a spray run near Bourke, NSW, an ATSB final report details.…