Aviation
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 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.
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.
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 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.
The ATSB has found that a stabilised approach and a ground proximity warning system would have reduced the risk of the controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accident that occurred at Coffs Harbour on 15 May 2003.
The ATSB has found that the fatal accident at Camden aerodrome on 7 February last year was the result of a simulated engine failure during a flight test at night that was initiated at too low a height to ensure safety.
