Aviation
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is releasing its
Preliminary Factual report into the ditching that occurred 6 km to
the west of Norfolk Island on the evening of 18 November 2009 and
involved Israel Aircraft Industries Westwind 1124A aircraft,
A bulletin released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) today reveals that unauthorised and unnecessary low-level flying has contributed to the deaths of at least 12 people during the past 10 years.
On Friday, 18 December 2009, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will be holding a media conference to accompany the release of its interim factual report into the tail strike involving Airbus A340-500 aircraft, registered A6-ERG, during take-off at Melbourne Airport, V
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) held a media briefing near Dorrigo, NSW on the ATSB's investigation into the Bell 206 helicopter accident on 9 December 2009.
On Thursday 19 November 2009, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will be holding a media conference into the fatal accident involving VH-ZRR, a Cessna A188B, near Kojonup, WA on 17 Nov 2009.
Media Briefing at 2pm, 10 December 2009 at the Skywalk, Dorrigo National Park, Dorrigo NSW
Helicopter Accident involving a Bell 206 Helicopter (VH-MJO), near Dorrigo NSW on 9 December 2009.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a second Interim Factual Report into the accident involving the Qantas Airbus A330-303 in-flight upset, 154 km west of Learmonth WA, on 7 October 2008.
On Wednesday, 18 November 2009, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will be holding a media conference to accompany the release of its second interim factual report into the in-flight upset involving Airbus A330-303 aircraft, registered VH-QPA that occurred 154 km west of Learmonth, WA
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is continuing its rigorous and comprehensive examination of the circumstances surrounding the failure of an oxygen cylinder that led to the depressurisation of a Boeing 747 on a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne in July last year.
The investigation of an in-flight breakup that occurred near Clombinane, Victoria on 31 July 2007 has found that it most likely resulted from an encounter with localised and intense turbulence, from an elevator control input, or from a combination of both.
