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Large bird carcass found at Chinchilla aerial application aircraft accident site
Key points Air Tractor aircraft was conducting spraying operations typically about 2 metres above the ground; A large bird carcass, later identified as an Australian bustard,…
Safety action taken after near miss on Sydney Trains network
Key points Workers had to jump out of the path of an oncoming passenger train when a signaller incorrectly removed track protections while a freight train was being reversed…
Ship’s fittings in poor condition prior to loss of 50 containers off Sydney
Key points ATSB found fixed container securing arrangements on APL England were in poor state of repair and corroded, prior to loss of 50 containers in heavy seas off Sydney;…
Engine fire during start-up involving a Piper PA-28-161, Moorabbin, Victoria, on 11 October 2022
AB-2022-013
Ground injury involving Cessna 182, Lower Light, South Australia, on 10 July 2022
AB-2022-005
Ground fire involving a Robinson R44 188 km north-north-east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, on 22 June 2022
AB-2022-004
Collision with terrain involving Robinson R22, 200 km south-west of Winton, Queensland, on 17 June 2022
AB-2022-003
ATSB urges fitment of terrain avoidance and warning systems to smaller passenger aircraft
Key points Aircraft was being flown 1,000 ft below the recommended descent profile, and had probably entered areas of significantly reduced visibility, including heavy rain; The…
Canberra Airport incident   
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into a serious incident involving a Saab 340 turboprop passenger aircraft during take-off from Canberra Airport on Thursday morning.      As reported to the ATSB, during take-off a ratchet strap that was not removed from one of the aircraft’s propellers struck the aircraft’s fuselage. The aircraft returned to Canberra Airport.    Transport safety investigators from the ATSB’s Canberra office have deployed to Canberra Airport to inspect the aircraft, to begin the process of interviewing…
Safety concerns raised regarding flight crew fatigue
RA2021-00084