Aviation
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Cessna 206 fatal accident on 2 January 2006 will be held today, Tuesday 3 January 2006
Where: 15 Mort Street, Canberra City ACT (ATSB headquarters)
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating a fatal aviation accident involving a Cessna 310R aircraft, VH-FIN, which occurred near Tamworth, New South Wales at about 1.30 pm local time, 7 March 2005.
The ATSB has released a second interim factual report on the Piper Cheyenne accident on 28 July 2004 in which the pilot and five passengers died.
A media conference discussing the factual information contained in the report and the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Piper Chieftain fatal accident on 2 December 2005 will be held on, Tuesday 31 January 2006.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been advised of a fatal aviation accident involving a Bell 206 Helicopter, VH-CSH, conducting locust control work, which occurred near Dubbo, New South Wales at about 2.30 local time today 22 November 2004.
The ATSB investigation into the fatal Piper Seneca accident on 11 November 2003, at Bankstown Airport has found that the aircraft banked right and speared into the ground during a go-around manoeuvre.
An ICAO audit of the ATSB has reported high satisfaction with Australia's legislative, organisational and training framework for aircraft safety investigation and the professional and efficient conduct of the ATSB investigations reviewed in detail.
The ATSB has released a Preliminary Investigation Report into a
24 July 2004 Boeing 737 incident involving a ground proximity
warning 22km south of Canberra aerodrome.
The report can be found on the ATSB web site
www.atsb.gov.au.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has dispatched a team of two investigators to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal aviation accident near St George, 19 October 2004.
The ATSB's final investigation report into an airspace incident on 7 April involving a Boeing 737 and a Lancair aircraft has found that while it was an 'airprox' it was not a 'serious incident' because of timely action by the air traffic controller and both crews.
