The Latest Breaking News from ATSB

Transport safety bureau investigation into January QF144 flight reveals mechanical problem to blame for outage of one engine

A second plane crash at Lockhart River in far north Queensland has caused enormous suffering, a coroner has said opening an inquest into the 2020 tragedy.

Safety authorities say a pilot killed alongside his pregnant wife when their light plane went down in rough weather did not hold a licence to fly.

Authorities investigating a pilot's death in southern Queensland have ruled a large bird shattered his crop duster's windshield as it flew low over a property.

CASA is reviewing the airspace where two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast, killing four people. But an aviation industry consultant says they may be "preparing themselves" for the outcome of a wider ATSB investigation due next year.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is reviewing the Gold Coast airspace in which two helicopters tragically collided in January.

The outback milk-run flight turned to tragedy after a fire filled the cockpit with smoke causing the plane to crash near a runway in Kununurra.

An investigation finds the parking handle brake on a plane leaving from Flinders Island runway last November had not been completely returned to a panel, causing the pilot to "call failure" and stop the take off.

Authorities complete their preliminary investigation into a firebombing aircraft crash in Western Australia's south earlier this year, revelaing the pilots escaped through a cockpit window.

The trainee pilot who survived a helicopter crash that killed a veteran Tasmanian pilot tells an inquest that he has no memory of the moment of impact and "woke up trapped in the aircraft".

An inquest has begun into the death of an experienced flying instructor in a helicopter crash during a training exercise at Hobart Airport.