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Australian Transport Safety Bureau

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Name: Australian Transport Safety Bureau

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

ATSB to probe Virgin emergency landing

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has launched an investigation into a Virgin Australia flight which was forced into an emergency landing at Mildura Airport, in north-west Victoria, because it ran low on fuel.The flight, carrying 91 passengers, ... [Published ABC Online - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Virgin Australia, Adelaide (Australia)

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 7 reports

Xenophon calls for Virgin flight probe

Independent senator Nick Xenophon says an investigation should be launched into the emergency landing of a Virgin flight at Mildura.The emergency landing of a Virgin Australia flight in northwest Victoria should be investigated as a matter or urgency, ... [Published Special Broadcasting Service - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Nick Xenophon, Investigation, Norfolk Island, Australian Transport Safety Bureau

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

La Trobe University

University team improves safety of railway crossings

A research team from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, is looking to improve safety at railway crossings by developing a system that enables communication between trains and road vehicles. According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau ... [Published Traffic Technology Today - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Australian Transport Safety Bureau, La Trobe University, Infusion, Melbourne

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Pair safe after Cape emergency landing

Police in Cape York have found two 60-year-old Victorian men who were forced to land their plane on a remote airstrip on Cape York in far north Queensland yesterday.Sergeant Cary Coolican says the men were travelling in a convoy of four privately-owned ... [Published ABC Online - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Investigation, Police

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Pilot walks away from light aircraft crash landing

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating a dramatic emergency plane landing at a remote Northern Territory community overnight.Police say the pilot of a Cessna 210 had a problem with his landing gear as he attempted to put down at an airstrip ... [Published Campus Daily Australia - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Plane Crash, emergency, Cessna 210, Australian Transport Safety Bureau

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 2 reports

Cessna 210

Pilot walks away from light aircraft crash landing

Entities: Plane Crash, emergency, Cessna 210, Australian Transport Safety Bureau

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Pilot walks away from light aircraft crash landing (ABC)

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating a dramatic emergency plane landing at a remote Northern Territory community overnight. ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Plane Crash, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, emergency

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Man crushed in wilderness railway accident

A MAN has been crushed and several other people have been injured after a two-vehicle accident at the West Coast Wilderness Railway's Rinadeena Station.The crash occurred about 12.30pm between two of the West Coast Wilderness Railway's hi- rail vehic ... [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Australian Transport Safety Bureau, emergency, Transportation

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 4 reports

Maritime safety talks to continue after ship fatality

The Maritime Union has described the findings of an investigation into the death of a man at the Port of Newcastle as horrific.56-year-old Greg Fitzgibbon of Adamstown was crushed to death while working on a cargo ship in September 2012, when a 20-tonne ... [Published ABC Online - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Warren Smith, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Maritime, Investigation

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 2 reports

Rail driver recovering

A TRAIN driver who was trapped between two vehicles on the West Coast Wilderness Railway track yesterday is recovering in hospital.The collision about 11.30am involved two hi-rail vehicles -- dual-cab utes modified to run on rail.The man, a wilderness ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Tasmania Police, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Workers

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Airport to leave lights on

HOBART Airport will leave the runway lights on until after the last flight each day following an inquiry by the national air safety watchdog.The Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation followed a night-time incident on December 14 last year in ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - May 29 2013]

Entities: Jetstar Airways, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Airbus A320

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Senate scathing of air safety regulators

DAVID MARK: A Senate committee inquiry has cast serious doubt on the standard of Australia's air safety regulators, warning of systemic failures.The committee has been examining the way the Australian Transport Safety Bureau conducts its investigations ... [Published ABC Online - May 23 2013]

Entities: Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (C..., David Fawcett, Pel-Air

Quotes

"I believe it would be in the interests of all for Mr Dolan to step down" Senator Xenophon said

Xenophon calls for Virgin flight probe [Published Special Broadcasting Service - Jun 19 2013]

"`These things can be just regarded as incident management because of the bad weather," she said."

Shiver me timbers, it's getting colder [Published Adelaide Now - Jun 18 2013]

"We will gather the information and then make a decision" the spokeswoman said

Virgin flight declares emergency after fog diversion [Published Canberra Times - Jun 18 2013]

She said emergency crews in Mildura were scrambled as a precaution only. "Virgin Australia 737 800 landed safely this morning in Mildura without issue. The flight was en route to Adelaide but due to fog diverted to Mildura, she said. "As a precautionary measure only the aircraft was met by emergency crews, that is standard operating procedure. "The flight was low on fuel but that was because of the diversion. Ms OToole said the company was trying to find alternative flights to Adelaide today for the passengers."

Virgin plane in emergency landing [Published NEWS.com.au - Jun 18 2013]

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Rail worker trapped in crash [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 04 2013]

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Call For Action As Maritime Deaths Rise In Aust... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - May 01 2013] There has been a union call for action following a report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau showing a sharp increase in deaths and serious incidents in the maritime and offshore facility sectors in Australian waters in recent years. The ...