Inquiries & Recommendations

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Define the person (or persons) upon whom the responsibility rests to ensure that the execution of any remedial repair or redesign work is carried out to a satisfactory standard.

Address the safety issue whereby the Civil Aviation Rules are silent on the use of cellphones during critical phases of flight by pilots of aircraft operated under visual flight rules.

They consider distributing a series of posters to emphasise the dangers of low flying with passengers, low flying without preplanning and impromptu displays to all aircraft licence holders.

Instruct Air New Zealand pilots of the requirement to make a radio call as soon as possible after becoming visual on an instrument approach and, if practicable, on circling approaches to include the aircraft's position and intended track to be flown.

Review the Operations Specifications and the associated Operations Manuals of each helicopter operator licensed to conducted scenic air transport operations to ensure each quotation of a Civil Aviation Regulation be checked to ensure it is current, correct and complete. [As and alternative to recommendation 009/91]

Install a screen in front of the tubular sigh glasses on the Nathan Lubricator similar in design to the screen provided for the boiler water level sight gauges.

Instigate regular training of his drivers, paying particular attention to unexpected events so that they can react automatically.

liaise with the Auckland Regional Council and Maritime Safety Authority and install appropriate lights on all the unlit beacons in Papakura Channel

Keep the ban on the use of the viewing platform in force until: a review of all aspects of the design, inspection and maintenance of the safety rails is completed; all remedial action is taken; and the safety management of passengers is reviewed, including an assessment of the need to provide signage, the languages in which any such signage is displayed; the supervision of children, particularly unaccompanied children; and the introduction of a safety briefing by the train Manager as the train departs.

revise Engineering Rules and supporting procedures and training to: 1. include requirements for multiple work groups within Conditional Stop Board Protection 2. define procedures to be followed when protecting multiple work groups, such procedures to include repeat-back requirements similar to those used in issuing track warrants, and an auditable Site Control Sheet to be held by the person in charge covering all approved work groups within the protection 3. structure the Site Control Sheet to allow such key information as:

Include in an advisory circular to Maritime Rule 90 [Pilotage (Appointment of Pilots and Pilotage)] minimum standards that a monitoring and currency system for pilot exempt masters must meet.

Establish the main ferry routes within Auckland enclosed water limits and arrange to have them marked on the appropriate charts with an appropriate warning for other harbour users that ferries regularly ply those routes.