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Aviation Two final reports - Commercial hot air balloon pilots need to buckle up
Balloon landings are a safety-critical phase of flight. If anyone or anything is ejected from basket during landing, an accident is virtually certain because balloon is uncontrolled, passengers unattended. To avoid this, all balloon pilots should wear safety harnesses. Owners/operators should install them. Also passenger safety briefings must be clear, concise, easy for all passengers to follow.
Marine MO-2023-203: MV Shiling, loss of propulsion and steering, Wellington Harbour, 15 April 2023
On 15 April, container ship Shiling experienced a loss of propulsion and steering in Wellington Harbour. After repair work, it experienced a second propulsion and steering failure in rough weather offshore.
Marine TAIC calls for regulation of recreational boats and boating
TAIC reports on fatal capsize of recreational boat while crossing harbour bar. NZ needs to require boats to be registered, and we need minimum standards for boat design and construction, and we need to assess skippers for minimum standards of knowledge and boat handling. Or accept the current rate…
Marine MO-2021-204: Recreational vessel, capsize and sinking with three fatalities, Manukau Harbour entrance, 16 October 2021
TAIC reports on fatal capsize of recreational boat while crossing harbour bar. NZ needs to require boats to be registered, and we need minimum standards for boat design and construction, and we need to assess skippers…
Marine MO-2023-201: Passenger vessel Kaitaki, Loss of power, Cook Strait, New Zealand, 28 January 2023
Preliminary report in ongoing inquiry. For safety critical rubber expansion joints to be fit for purpose, maintenance schedules must account for date of manufacture as well as time in service. On Interislander ferry…
Marine Preliminary report - maintenance for safety critical rubber expansion joints
Preliminary report in ongoing inquiry. For safety critical rubber expansion joints to be fit for purpose, maintenance schedules must account for date of manufacture as well as time in service. On Interislander ferry…
Rail TAIC report: rising risks for rail infrastructure from climate change
TAIC rail safety report calls for new thinking for transport infrastructure to cope with climate change significant rainfall events. Floodwater washed out rail track ballast, freight train derailed.
Rail RO-2021-106: Derailment of Train 220, South of Hunterville,13 December 2021
TAIC report: people in control of transport infrastructure need to think again about how well their structures can cope with climate change significant rainfall events. Flood water washed out rail track ballast. Freight…
