The Safety Investigation Information Management System (SIIMS): Post April 2007
Speech given to International Transport Safety Association by Kym Bills Executive Director, Australian Transport Safety Bureau
15 May 2007
Corporate
Investigation of TransAdelaide signal passed at danger incident
The ATSB has found that a TransAdelaide passenger train passed a red stop signal last year, which placed it on a collision course with an interstate passenger train because of a combination of human error and sub-optimal procedures.
ATSB analysis of increased accident and incident data
ATSB analysis shows that an increase in reported airline accident and incident data since 2001 is mainly due to industry expansion, and the rates of many types of occurrence have fallen.
Important Editorial Information
ATTENTION: Editors/Chief of Staff, Aviation/transport writers
ATTENTION EDITOR and CHIEF-OF-STAFF - Media Conference
ATTENTION: Editors/Chief of Staff, Aviation/transport writers
Bass Strait platform stopped by electrical fires
The ATSB has found that the self propelled accommodation
platform Safe Concordia had been plagued by problems in
its electrical systems since its construction and these problems
had not been adequately addressed before the platform suffered two
Antarctic ship fire the result of fuel leak
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has found that an engine room fire that occurred on board the Antarctic resupply ship LAstrolabe, on 11 November 2006, was the result of a fuel leak on the starboard main engine.
Level crossing collision, Elizabeth River, Northern Territory
The ATSB has found that a collision occurred at level crossing near Elizabeth River (NT) on 20 October 2006 because the driver of a road-train truck did not stop at a Stop sign to give way to an approaching freight train.