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Rail
RO-1998-120
On Tuesday, 17 November 1998, at approximately 1040 hours Train 700, the northbound Coastal Pacific passenger express, was travelling through Hapuku when dragging brake gear on a high speed goods wagon at the head of the train struck and damaged the main line turnouts. The train continued for a further 26 km before the locomotive engineer noted track ballast being thrown up by the dragging brake gear and stopped the train.
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Maritime
MO-1998-215
At about 1610 on Friday, 2 October 1998, the jet boat "Terminator" was proceeding at a speed of about 65 km/h down one of many secondary channels on a braided section of the Dart River, when the driver was confronted with an obstacle partially blocking a left hand turn in the channel. As the driver attempted to make the turn around the obstruction, his boat struck it, the driver lost control and the boat skidded sideways into a shingle bank and flipped, trapping some of the passengers beneath the boat. The 11 passengers plus the driver suffered minor to serious injuries.
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Rail
RO-1998-118
[A preliminary investigation showed that the circumstances were not likely to have significant implications for transport safety. Consistent with section 13 of the TAIC Act the Commission discontinued the investigation and no report was published.]
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Rail
RO-1998-117
On Wednesday 21 October 1998, at approximately 0840 hours, Train 700, the northbound Coastal Pacific express passenger, collided with No. 2 shunt standing in the loop at Rangiora. Train 700 was unintentionally routed onto the loop as it approached Rangiora on the main line. A passenger and crew member sustained minor injuries in the collision.
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Rail
RO-1998-119
On Tuesday 20 October 1998, at approximately 1258 hours, the sliding doors on an Auckland to Waitakere commuter train closed on a child in a pushchair as the mother was endeavouring to lift the pushchair from the train to the platform at Swanson. While attempts were being made to free the pushchair the train moved slowly forward before the doors were opened sufficiently to allow the pushchair to be freed.
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Rail
RO-1998-116
On Thursday 15 October 1998, at about 1407 hours, Train 9282, comprising 4 English Electric multiple unit cars running from Wellington to Johnsonville, derailed while negotiating the turnout from the up main to the down main at the south end of Wadestown.
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Aviation
AO-1998-010
[A preliminary investigation showed that the circumstances were not likely to have significant implications for transport safety. Consistent with section 13 of the TAIC Act the Commission discontinued the investigation and no report was published.]
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Maritime
MO-1998-214
On Tuesday, 6 October 1998, at about 0220, the Korean stern trawler "Dong Won 529" grounded on rocks at the southern end of Breaksea Islands, Stewart Island. Because of forecast bad weather, the vessel, with 39 crew on board, had been on passage from the Solander fishing grounds to more sheltered fishing grounds to the east of Stewart Island. Before the vessel could be refloated it slipped off the rocks and sank. There were no injuries. Safety issues identified included: • poor watchkeeping practices • preoccupation with non-watchkeeping duties
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Maritime
MO-1998-213
At about 1610 on Friday, 2 October 1998, the jet boat "Terminator" was proceeding at a speed of about 65 km/h down one of many secondary channels on a braided section of the Dart River, when the driver was confronted with an obstacle partially blocking a left hand turn in the channel. As the driver attempted to make the turn around the obstruction, his boat struck it, the driver lost control and the boat skidded sideways into a shingle bank and flipped, trapping some of the passengers beneath the boat. The 11 passengers plus the driver suffered minor to serious injuries.
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Rail
RO-1998-115
On Wednesday 30 September 1998, Train 823 was running from Lyttelton to Ngakawau with a rake of 18 empty coal wagons. At approximately 2340 hours the train stopped on the down main adjacent to the Middleton marshalling yard (5 km west of Christchurch) and the locomotives were then detached for servicing. A few minutes after the locomotives had cut off, the wagons started moving in an easterly direction down the grade towards Christchurch. In the course of their movement the wagons crossed two protected level crossings where insufficient warning time for road traffic was provided.
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Maritime
MO-1998-212
On Thursday, 24 September 1998, at about 1710, the restricted-limit passenger catamaran "Scat Cat" foundered off Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua. The vessel had been on a one-hour sight-seeing tour with two crew and seven passengers, including four children, on board. The passengers and crew abandoned the vessel and were rescued from lifefloats by two speedboats, one belonging to the owner of "Scat Cat" and the other to a colleague. One three-year-old passenger was detained in hospital overnight for observation for hypothermia. There were no other injuries.
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Aviation
AO-1998-009
On Monday 14 September 1998 at about 1152 hours, ZK-DKL, a Cessna 177B Cardinal on an air transport scenic flight across the Mount Cook region struck a snow-covered mountain face 11 km north-east of Mount Cook. The pilot and two passengers died as a result of the impact.
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