Aviation
The ATSB final investigation report into the crash that killed the two occupants of a Robinson R22 helicopter at Yakka Munga Station in Western Australia, has found that a drive shaft to the main rotor blades failed.
The ATSB investigation into the fatal Aero Commander accident on 19 February 2004, 58 km NNW of Hobart is focusing on the reason for an overload failure of the wings in flight.
An ATSB report has found that a recent airspace incident was both an 'airprox' and a 'serious incident' and that after taking evasive action, a Cirrus SR20 and a Cessna 172 aircraft passed about 200 metres horizontally and 50 ft vertically from each other.
The ATSB investigation Preliminary Report into the accident in
which six lives were lost when a privately operated Piper Cheyenne
aircraft crashed near Benalla, Victoria, on 28 July 2004, found
that the aircraft was off course for a substantial period.
A media briefing on the circumstances of the 8 September 2004,
Robinson R44 Helicopter, VH-JWX near Roma, Queensland will be held
in the Roma airport car park, outside the terminal at 6.00pm today,
10 September 2004.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised that the door that fell from a Raytheon Beechcraft King Air B300 aircraft on Tuesday 7 September 2004 has been located.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has found that fatigue cracking in the blade slots of a high-pressure turbine disk led directly to the uncontained failure of the left engine of a Boeing 767 aircraft that occurred near Brisbane on 8 December 2002.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is seeking assistance from the public to locate a door that fell from an aircraft at about 0715 EST Tuesday 7 September 2004.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been advised that two people were fatally injured in a Robinson R44 helicopter crash which occurred at about 6.30pm on 8 September 2004.
The accident occurred some 30NM, West South West of Roma, Queensland.
