The ATSB's Final Aviation Safety Investigation Report, into a fatal helicopter wire strike accident at Dunedoo, NSW, has found that the pilot and passengers were generally aware of the location of the wire but the helicopter still struck it during its locust control operation.
As part of its national safety awareness campaign for commercial fishermen, announced in December 2004, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will be conducting a series of informal face-to-face meetings with fishermen in north Queensland ports.
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation
into the circumstances surrounding the Lancair fatal accident on 5
April 2006 will be held today, Thursday 6 April 2006
Where: Carpark Hangar 109, Drover Road,
Bankstown Aerodrome, NSW
As an operationally independent body within the
Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional
Services, the Australian Transport Safety
Bureau's primary media objectives are to communicate about
A media conference for the release of the interim report and the
two discussion papers will be held on Thursday 31 August
2006.
Where: 15 Mort Street, Canberra City (ATSB
Headquarters)
Time: 10:30 local time
As an operationally independent body within the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is Australia's prime agency for Transport Safety Investigations.
An execution error by the helmsman of a ship led to a ship running aground in Sydney Harbour.
The ATSB's final investigation report into the Piper Aztec accident which killed a family of five near Mareeba, Queensland on 1 October 2003, has found that the pilot was probably incapacitated as a result of a cardiac event.
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fatal Metroliner aircraft accident near Lockhart River on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland on 7 May 2005 was held today, Thursday 12 May 2005.
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Piper Navajo fatal accident on 31 October 2006 will be held today, Wednesday 1 November 2006
