The ATSB's final investigation report into an aircraft accident near Willowbank in Queensland last year, resulting in five deceased persons and two seriously injured survivors, found that the aircraft's performance prior to impacting a large tree and crashing into a dam was consistent with an eng
The Executive Director of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has today authorised the re-opening of the investigation into the crash of Whyalla Airlines VH-MZK.
The ATSB has found that four crew members who were injured on board the bulk carrier Shirane on 2 April 2007 were not aware of similar previous boiler explosions (flashbacks) which could have fore warned them.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) today released a
report on the circumstances of a serious incident where a
fare-paying scheduled passenger flight encountered microburst
windshear near Brisbane last year.
The ATSB is pleased that Coroner Hope has adopted much of the material in ATSB's final report on the tragic VH-SKC accident and stated that "ultimately it appears that the ATSB report was based on a substantial amount of scientific investigation and many issues were diligently pursued" (p21).
Container ship's contact with a navigational beacon in Moreton Bay.
ATSB releases preliminary report on Hamilton Island crash
At approximately 1745 hrs on 26 September 2002, a single-engine Piper Cherokee Six aircraft, with 6 people on board crashed and caught fire shortly after take-off from Hamilton Island. All occupants were fatally injured.
The ATSB today released its interim report on the fatal accident involving a Piper PA-28-161 aircraft and a Socata TB-9 aircraft near Bankstown Aerodrome on 5 May 2002.
