Aviation
A media conference discussing the progress of the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Lancair fatal accident on 5 April 2006 will be held today, Thursday 6 April 2006
Where: Carpark Hangar 109, Drover Road, Bankstown Aerodrome, NSW
Since November this year, there have been numerous stories in the Australian media suggesting, among other things, that commercial aviation safety is declining and fatal accidents involving professional pilots in Australia in the last three years were very high compared with the start of the 1990
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is conducting an on-site investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fatal agricultural aircraft accident involving a Cessna C188B aircraft, registered VH-ZIP which occurred south of Narrandera, NSW on 26 March 2006.
A media conference discussing the factual information contained in the interim report into the circumstances surrounding the fatal aircraft accident near Lockhart River on 7 May 2005 will be held on, Friday 16 December 2005.
The ATSB has released a Preliminary Investigation Report into an 11 October 2004 Boeing 737 incident at Perth when the aircraft's tailskid struck the ground during the takeoff from runway 03.
The 'Black Box' flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the fatal Metroliner aircraft accident near Lockhart River on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland are arriving at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau headquarters at 15 Mort St in Canberra at 7 pm today, Monday 9 May 2005.
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.
