Inquiries & Recommendations

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Arrange for skippers employed by the company attend a high speed navigation course.

Extends the performance data in aircraft flight manuals to match the operations undertaken by those aircraft.

On 26 February 2025, the Commission recommended that Kawasaki Heavy Industries revise the Kawasaki BK117 B-2 Flight Manual to include specific data for Vortex Ring State to assist pilots in avoiding this phenomenon.

advise all affected shipping companies in New Zealand of all current IMO circulars and documents, and how each may acquire them.

On 25 October 2023, the Commission recommended that KiwiRail install smoke and fire detection systems in all auxiliary generator wagons in service to alert train crew and passengers to a fire at the earliest opportunity.

Review the commercial operations which R22 helicopters are performing emphasising to the owners and operators the need to observe the manufacturer's restrictions, particularly in commercial operations.

that the Microlight Aircraft Association of New Zealand Inc. be required to: Provide for pilot's medical certificates to be retained by the clubs.

Ensure that a review is undertaken of current crew resource management training by all participants in the rail industry, including how the principals of crew resource management are being implemented. The outcome of the review and any corrective action should ensure that staff are equipped with the skills necessary to effectively use crew resource management techniques to reduce operational occurrences.

Ensure each hang glider be made aware of the desirability of using ballast to achieve optimum controllability of the glider if its sail area relative to the pilot's weight, decreased the wing loading below the advised minimum.

Work with lifejacket industry stakeholders and commercial operators to identify and implement effective safety measures that mitigate the risks associated with incorrectly re-arming and re-packing inflatable life jackets.

The Commission recommends that the Chief Executive of KiwiRail takes all appropriate steps to ensure that all rail vehicles travelling on the controlled rail network are electronically visible to train control.

Standardise and enforce relief arrangements for LE's involved in serious operating irregularities.