Inquiries & Recommendations

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Promulgate safety advice on the necessity to retrieve loose, small and/or lost articles from the cockpits of aircraft, particularly those used for training and aerobatics.

Review the effectiveness of the Tranz Rail emergency plan to respond to such accidents to ensure it includes guidelines to TCOs and network control managers to minimise the initial delay in notifying emergency services and ensure timely information regarding access to accident and incident sites.

Upgrade the standard and frequency of fire and safety drills on board his vessels.

Amend the rules for working Warrant Stations to require all crossing trains, whether berthing on the main line or the loop, to establish the whereabouts of the opposing train before entering the appropriate main line or loop

Take steps to improve his company's instructions to Masters

Include with new cables general instructions on their care and the precautions necessary to optimise their life. Such information may also indicate how and when the cable should be inspected, and when should be replaced

Investigate and carry out a cost benefit analysis on any requirement that New Zealand ships carry an Automatic Identification System. In carrying out this analysis due regard shall be had to the mandatory requirements promulgated by the International Maritime Organization for SOLAS ships

Review your decision to disconnect the existing cockpit voice recorder in Boeing 737 aircraft with a view to bringing them back into service as soon as practicable.

critically review the design of the company’s survival craft launching apparatus and ensure that they: • can be readily understood by non-technical persons • will reliably perform tasks, which include lowering and deployment for training purposes • will perform safely under the control of operators with minimum experience and training • so far as is practicable, are failsafe • are accompanied by clear, unambiguous instructions in English.

At about 2000 on 14 March 2012, the fishing vessel Easy Rider departed Bluff for Great South Cape Island off the west coast of Stewart Island. The skipper, 2 crew members and 6 passengers were on board. The passengers were to be offloaded at Great South Island, where they were to prepare for the upcoming mutton-bird harvest. The skipper then intended to travel to his fishing grounds to engage in commercial fishing.

liaise with rescue helicopter and jet boat operators to develop a plan to introduce the use of a common radio frequency by all parties during rescue operations

The passenger walkway markings at Gates 12 to 14 be modified to suit the types of aircraft most frequently using these positions (SAAB and Metroliner).