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The Commission’s work: what we said In October 2016, the Commission placed an item on its Watchlist titled Robinson helicopters: mast bumping accidents in New Zealand.

photo depicts balloon basket lying on its side in a cow paddock. The deflated balloon envelope is laid out partially folded across the grass

Commercial hot air balloon pilots should have to wear harnesses during safety-critical phases of flight, says the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) in a preliminary report issued today.

Front end view of a railway track tamper machine derailed inside a tunnel. The tamper has come to rest with a noticeable lateral tilt, indicating loss of alignment with the rails. A significant quantity of crushed stone ballast has been pushed forward and accumulated ahead of the machine, consistent with it having run approximately 16 metres off the rails through loose ballast. The image also shows the tunnel interior, tunnel wall markings, and components of the tamper's cab and underframe.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) says rules and procedures failed to prevent a derailment in Auckland’s Purewa tunnel because critical staff were overloaded, unsupported, and unaware of missing track.TAIC’s final report, published today, investigates how three linked tamper machines* came to derail inside the Purewa tunnel in Auckland just after midnight on 9 October 2023.

The accident helicopter

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has issued a formal order to protect evidence associated with a fatal accident involving a Hughes 500 helicopter that crashed near the Clutha River on 18 October 2018.