Aviation
A media conference to release the Preliminary Factual Report on the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the depressurisation 475 km north-west of Manila, Philippines on 25 July 2008, will be held: Friday 29 August 2008
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mid-air single fatality accident on 27 August 2008 will be held tomorrow, Thursday 28 August 2008.
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Robinson R44 collision with terrain on 14 September 2008 will be held today, Tuesday 16 September 2008 at the accident site.
Mr Graham Drummond is the Investigator-in-Charge (IIC) of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's (ATSB) investigation into this fatal aircraft accident that occurred at approximately 4.00 pm AEST on Wednesday 24 September 2008.
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mid-air fatality on 26 February 2008 will be held today, Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Where: At the accident site north - east of Wee Waa, NSW
An ATSB Research report has found that pilot workload was perceived as being higher, and reported losses of situational awareness were more common, with the area navigation global navigation satellite system [RNAV (GNSS)] approach like the one being flown by the crew of the 15-fatality aircraft a
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Fairchild Metroliner single fatality accident on 9 April 2008 will be held today, Friday 11 April 2008
The ATSB's on-site investigation into the 5 October 2006 fatal accident involving a BAC-167 Strikemaster jet, NE of Bathurst, NSW, is continuing. Access to the accident site has been hampered by the presence of a large bushfire, which is currently being fought by the NSW Rural Fire Service.
An ATSB discussion paper has found that from 1990 to 2005 Queensland had a higher fatal aviation accident rate than the rest of Australia but that the results for Tasmania were much worse, and that the fatal accident rate for Far North Queensland was better than for Queensland's North and Central
An ATSB discussion paper has found from a large survey of endorsed pilots that a recently introduced type of satellite approach [termed RNAV (GNSS)] used during the May 2005 fatal accident near Lockhart River is perceived as difficult, particularly in bad weather and without automation and vertic
