An ATSB investigation has found that a number of factors combined to cause the derailment of a freight train at Yerong Creek in southern NSW on 4 January 2006, any one of which may not have resulted in a derailment in its own right.
The ATSB investigation of a collision between The Ghan passenger train and a double road-train has found that the accident occurred because the road-train was driven through a 'Stop' sign at a level crossing at an estimated speed of 50 km/h, linked to local truck driver practice and medi
The ATSB has found that the speed boat Norma Jean was travelling too fast in the darkness to avoid a collision that claimed four lives.
The ATSB has found that the grounding of Pasha Bulker on Nobbys Beach on 8 June 2007 occurred despite a gale warning that should have prompted the master to ballast the ship for heavy weather and take it to sea. A number of other ships also failed to take to sea.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is conducting an investigation into the reported mid-air collision between two Air Tractor aircraft that occurred during the morning of 26 February 2008, 8.5 km NE Wee Waa.
The ATSB has released a safety bulletin to raise public awareness of the factors which have contributed to a spate of recent tragic rail level crossing accidents.
The ATSB has found that a collision between a GrainCorp freight train and overturned truck occurred because train control could not contact the approaching train in the ten minutes or so before the collision.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the reported mid-air collision between a Robinson helicopter and a Piper Cub that occurred during the late afternoon on 13 February 2008, in the ranges north of Gascoyne Junction.
The ATSB has found that strong winds during a thunderstorm could have caused a train derailment in central South Australia.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau was advised this afternoon of a serious incident involving a Qantas aircraft.
