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Aviation AO-2022-005: Boeing 737, ZK-TLL , Incorrect configuration (fuel management), Auckland, 8 June 2022
Boeing 737 cargo flight landed Auckland w/ little fuel left in wing tanks, no fuel flow to engines from centre tank. Reported issues: pre-take-off procedures; risk that weather could lengthen flight, fuel management.
Rail TAIC investigating locomotive derailment at Tamaki, Auckland
A solitary locomotive was travelling from the Ports of Auckland to Westfield. At about 1:30am, it derailed and rolled onto its side at the Tamaki rail siding on the North Island Main trunk. Two of the three crew suffered minor injury.
Marine MO-2020-204: Container Vessel, Rio De La Plata, serious injury to crew member during unmooring operations, Timaru Port, 14 November 2020
TAIC calling for improvements in ship safety management systems (Singapore) and mooring winch installation. On container ship Rio De La Plata, a rope handler suffered serious injuries to hand and face when they were trapped between incoming rope and winch. Issues with the ship’s safety system;…
Marine MO-2021-201: Jet boat KJet 8, loss of control, Shotover River, Queenstown, 21 March 2021
A commercial jet boat lost control, crashed into trees. Injuries to two of the twelve persons on board. Jet boat engine failed, so no steering. All due to a single failure in an engine control fuse that broke from metal…
Marine MO-2022-202 & MO-2022-203, Independent inquiry into port operations accidents at Lyttelton and Auckland
TAIC is inquiring into the fatal accidents at Lyttelton Port and Ports of Auckland. The Minister of Transport directed TAIC to inquire into the circumstances and causes of the two accidents and provide an independent…
Marine MO-2021-203: Collision between Fishing Vessel ‘Commission’ and container ship ‘Kota Lembah’, 84 nautical miles northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 28 July 2021
At about 4am on 28 July 2021, fishing vessel Commission (motoring) collided with the container vessel Kota Lembah (drifting awaiting port berth at Auckland). Damage to fishing vessel stabiliser and wheelhouse. Neither…
Aviation AO-2019-002: Bombardiers DHC-8-311, ZK-NEH and ZK-NEF, ‘Loss of separation’ near Wellington, New Zealand, 12 March 2019
Two Dash-8 passenger aircraft avoided collision on approach to Wellington Airport (saved by human and last-defence automated systems) after one Dash-8 followed the wrong lead aircraft. Nobody hurt, no damage. All safety…
Aviation AO-2020-001: Pacific Aerospace Cresco 08-600, ZK-LTK Impact with terrain Kourarau Hill, Masterton 24 April 2020
Medical incapacity as likely as not cause of fatal accident near Masterton in April 2020. On take-off, an agricultural aircraft ran off a farm airstrip. It struck rough ground, undercarriage broke, damaged a wing,…
Marine MO-2022-201: Sinking of a Fishing vessel, off North Cape, 20 March 2022
The fishing charter vessel Enchanter foundered (filled with water – some parts of the wreck floated, while other parts sank) offshore from North Cape on the night of 20/21 March. Ten persons were on board; five,…