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The principal purpose of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is to determine the circumstances and causes of accidents and incidents with a view to avoiding similar occurrences in future, rather than to ascribe blame to any person. TAIC investigates significant aviation, rail, and marine accidents and incidents. TAIC does not investigate road events except when the circumstances may have significant implications for rail safety, for example. TAIC is a standing Commission of Inquiry and an independent Crown entity.
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Job vacancy - Researcher / Analyst - Monday, May 13, 2013
Can you draw meaning from numbers and convey sharp insights well with words?  As a small agency all staff at the Transport Accident Investigation Commission have the opportunity to contribute widely to meeting business needs and to helping improve transport safety through investigation, learning and influence.  Our researcher/analyst – using core disciplines of data analysis and policy or business analysis – is no exception.  In the same week you could be mining a safety related data set for emerging trends, compiling a literature review to ensure a current investigation has the benefit of the latest international research, writing an advocacy document to influence a change in the transport sector, or helping develop – or report against – the agency’s own statement of intent. Applications close 4 June 2013. read more ...

Inquiry Report 12-201 Final Report Published - Friday, May 03, 2013
Inquiry 12-201: Fishing vessel Easy Rider, capsize and foundering, Foveaux Strait, 15 March 2012 read more ...

Inquiry Report 12-201 published - Friday, May 03, 2013
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission released its report this morning on the capsize of the Easy Rider after representatives spent yesterday in Invercargill briefing family, stakeholders, and the news media in a series of meetings. The Commission’s inquiry has found that the Easy Rider - which capsized and sank in Foveaux Strait on 15 March 2012 with the loss of eight lives and a sole survivor - was loaded with too much weight, too high in the vessel, resulting in it having insufficient reserve stability for its intended voyage. read more ...

Inquiry Report 10-204 Final Report Published - Thursday, May 02, 2013
Inquiry 10-204: Bulk carrier Hanjin Bombay, grounding, Mount Maunganui, 21 June 2010 read more ...

Flying training inquiry finds no evidence of systemic problems - Thursday, March 28, 2013
Anecdotes of possible system wide issues with civil flying training safety in New Zealand could not be supported by the available evidence, a Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) inquiry has found. However TAIC said more data collection and analysis should be undertaken by the Civil Aviation Authority to stay alert to any trends or issues. read more ...

Feilding mid-air collision provides key lessons - Thursday, March 28, 2013
The importance of pilots making, hearing and understanding radio calls and the need for on-board instructors to put safety and lookout ahead of student learning are key lessons to emerge from the fatal mid-air collision near Feilding on 26 July 2010 of two light aircraft involved in flying training, a Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) inquiry has found. read more ...

Inquiry report 11-001 Final report published - Thursday, March 21, 2013
Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-3, ZK-ISF, Ditching after engine power decrease, Bream Bay, Northland, 20 January 2011 read more ...

Briefing to the incoming Associate Minister of Transport published - Thursday, March 07, 2013
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission's January 2013 briefing to the incoming Associate Minister of Transport, Hon Michael Woodhouse, has been published. read more ...

Howard Broad appointed as a Commissioner of TAIC - Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced the appointment of Howard Broad as a Commissioner of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission. Click through to the Minister's media release to read more ...

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