Aviation

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will release its final report into the systemic factors behind the groundings of Ansett B767 aircraft, tomorrow.

At 3.30pm today, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau will release its final investigation report on the fatal aircraft crash near Newman, WA.

On 26 January 2001, a Cessna 310R operated by the Western Australian Police Air Support Unit crashed at night near Newman aerodrome.

The ATSB's final investigation report into a Piper Chieftain accident near Condobolin, NSW on 2 December 2005, resulting in four deceased persons, confirms that the aircraft broke up during flight when its structural limits were exceeded in the vicinity of thunderstorms.

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An ATSB report released today shows that the average age of many aircraft in Australia is increasing but that this should not reduce safety if quality maintenance systems are in place.

An ATSB report released today shows that the average age of many
aircraft in Australia is increasing but that this should not reduce
safety if quality maintenance systems are in place.

The ATSB is reviewing scope for possible action against Transair but re-emphasises that this is unrelated to the Transair accident on 7 May 2005 when all 15 on board lost their lives.

The ATSB has released a 500-page final report into Australia's worst civil aviation accident since 1968.

The ATSB has been successful in downloading key data from the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Garuda 737 accident aircraft but the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) has not yet been able to be downloaded.

The ATSB has reviewed safety information on a Qantas 747 tyre burst incident on take-off at Singapore Airport on 8 March 2006 and agrees with the Singapore and German authorities that there was no safety concern warranting a major investigation.