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Australia probes near miss of Qantas jets
Oct 09, 2012 22:51 EDT
Australian officials were Wednesday probing how two Qantas passenger jets came to be on a collision course over Darwin last week, reportedly coming within just 250 metres (800 feet) of each other.
Six dead as vintage plane wreck found in Australia
Oct 03, 2012 03:01 EDT
All six people on board a vintage red 1930s de Havilland biplane that vanished this week were confirmed dead Wednesday after the wreckage was found in a dense Australian forest.
Aircraft hit birds, kangaroos, even turtles in Australia
Jun 04, 2012 13:03 EDT
The rate of Australian aircraft hitting birds increased sharply in the last decade, with data Monday showing that even kangaroos, wombats and turtles are occasionally involved in accidents.
Pipe stress caused A380 diversion: Australian probe
Mar 13, 2012 00:24 EDT
An engine oil leak that forced a Qantas jet carrying British actor Stephen Fry to divert to Dubai was caused by pipe stress seen in a number of A380 jets worldwide, Australian officials said Tuesday.
Qantas A380 blast caused by defective pipe: probe
Jan 19, 2012 01:10 EST
A mid-air engine blast on a Qantas A380 superjumbo that sent shards of metal raining down on an Indonesian island was triggered by a defective pipe, according to an update on the investigation.
Qantas flight dive in 2008 due to software limitation
Dec 19, 2011 00:34 EST
A Qantas plane plummetted more than 1,000 feet in 38 seconds, flinging passengers around the cabin, partly because of a design limitation in the flight control software, an Australian probe revealed on Monday.
Plane fire caused by Airbus windscreen heater
Oct 07, 2011 05:57 EDT
A fire that forced an Australian Airbus jet to make an emergency landing was sparked by a windscreen heating system, air accident investigators said Friday.
Tiger Airways cleared to resume Australia flights
Aug 10, 2011 10:33 EDT
Budget carrier Tiger Airways will resume flying in Australia later this week after aviation authorities Wednesday lifted a costly six-week ban imposed over safety concerns.
Australia grounds Singapore's Tiger Airways over safety
Jul 03, 2011 18:17 EDT
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's airline safety regulator has grounded the local operations of Singapore's budget carrier Tiger Airways Holding Ltd <TAHL.SI> over "serious" safety concerns, disrupting thousands of passengers at the start of the school holiday season.
Cathay, Virgin flights 'minutes from crash'
Jun 24, 2011 08:10 EDT
A commercial jet from Hong Kong came within minutes of a mid-air crash with an Australian flight in 2009 after air traffic control failed to notice they were on collision course, a report found on Friday.
Rolls-Royce, Qantas settle A380 engine dispute
Jun 22, 2011 03:11 EDT
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce <RR.L> and Qantas <QAN.AX> have reached a settlement over an Airbus <EAD.PA> A380 engine explosion last year that forced a jet with 469 people on board to make an emergency landing and grounded much of the airline's fleet.
Probe blames tired sailor for Barrier Reef crash
Apr 13, 2011 23:38 EDT
An Australian investigation into why a Chinese-registered cargo ship ran aground and badly damaged the Great Barrier Reef blamed a tired chief mate on Thursday .
Probe blames tired sailor for Barrier Reef crash
Apr 13, 2011 23:05 EDT
An Australian investigation into why a Chinese-registered cargo ship ran aground and badly damaged the Great Barrier Reef blamed a tired chief mate on Thursday .
Cockpit fire forces Qantas plane to land
Mar 24, 2011 02:36 EDT
A cockpit fire forced a Qantas Airbus A330-200 to make an unscheduled landing at Cairns in the latest of a string of problems for the Australian carrier.
Cockpit fire forces Qantas plane to land
Mar 23, 2011 22:40 EDT
A cockpit fire forced a Qantas Airbus A330-200 to make an unscheduled landing at Cairns in the latest of a string of problems for the Australian carrier.
'Minor' leaks found on Singapore A380 engines
Mar 03, 2011 09:59 EST
Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Thursday it had discovered five cases of oil leaks on the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines on its Airbus A380 planes, but insisted the planes were safe to fly.
Harrowing landing after superjumbo engine failed
Dec 03, 2010 13:36 EST
Investigators detail harrowing landing after oil fire caused engine failure in Qantas plane. The first sign something had gone very wrong came in the form of two loud bangs. A chunk of metal tore through the plane's wing, the aircraft yawed and a flood of emergency warning messages in the cockpit of the Qantas superjumbo sent the crew scrambling into action.
Qantas pilots saved crippled Airbus, investigator says
Dec 03, 2010 10:48 EST
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pilots of a crippled Qantas Airbus A380 superjumbo struggled with more than a dozen system errors after an engine blew apart on Nov 4 and landed the plane in Singapore with barely any runway to spare, an Australian investigation showed.
Oil leak possible cause of A380 blast: investigators
Dec 03, 2010 03:29 EST
Australian investigators Friday said an oil leak may have caused an engine blast on a Qantas Airbus A380 which badly damaged the plane, but were satisfied with the actions taken to prevent it happening again.
Oil leak possible cause of A380 blast: investigators
Dec 02, 2010 22:20 EST
Australian investigators Friday said an oil leak may have caused an engine blast on a Qantas Airbus A380 which badly damaged the plane, but were satisfied with the actions taken to prevent it happening again.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Australian Transport Safety Bureau | |
|---|---|
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1 July 1999 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Australia |
| Employees | 120 |
| Agency executive | Martin Dolan, Chief Commissioner |
| Website | |
| www.atsb.gov.au | |
