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Transport Safety Investigations
13,057 reports
11,352 AAIB (air)
1,103 MAIB (marine)
602 RAIB (rail)
Air, marine, and rail accident investigation reports from the UK's independent statutory investigation bodies. Reports identify causal factors and make safety recommendations to operators, regulators, and government.
About these bodies
| Body | Remit | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| AAIB Air | Air Accidents Investigation Branch — independent civil aviation accident investigations | 11,352 |
| MAIB Marine | Marine Accident Investigation Branch — shipping and vessel accident investigations | 1,103 |
| RAIB Rail | Rail Accident Investigation Branch — railway accident and incident investigations | 602 |
Common topics (last 2 years)
Reports
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Entry to enclosed space on passenger cruise ship Saga Rose with 1 person injured and loss of 1 life
Location: Berthed at Port of Southampton, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Escape of steam/hot water from pipeline on passenger cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 with 1 person injured and loss of 1 life
Location: Mid Atlantic.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Explosion and fire on coastal tanker Border Heather after loading volatile cargo of motor spirit
Location: Grangemouth Docks, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Explosion and subsequent sinking of crabber Fleur de Lys with 4 people injured
Location: 18 miles south-east of Portland Bill, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Explosion and subsequent sinking of prawn trawler/mussel dredger Tullaghmurry Lass with loss of 3 lives
Location: In the Irish Sea off Kilkeel, Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Explosion of starboard boiler on liquid natural gas tanker Hilli with 1 person injured and loss of 1 life
Location: Grand Bahama Shipyard, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Explosion on sail training vessel Lord Trenchard with 4 people injured
Location: Berthed in Poole Harbour, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of automatic release hook during fast rescue craft deployment from royal fleet auxilliary vessel Mounts Bay
Location: Lyme Bay, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of cargo pump and subsequent explosion on tanker Esso Mersey with loss of 2 lives
Location: Fawley Marine Terminal, Southampton, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of controllable pitch propeller of chemical tanker Key Bora resulting in contact with jetty
Location: Alexandra Dock, Hull, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of controllable pitch propeller on cargo vessel CFL Patron resulting in contact with lock gates and tug Guardsman
Location: Immingham Docks, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of controllable pitch propeller on general cargo vessel Saffier resulting in contact with berthed tug Svitzer Ferriby
Location: Port of Immingham, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of davit assembly during launch of fast rescue craft from royal fleet auxiliary vessel Mounts Bay
Location: Berthed at Faslane, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of fuel supply on tug Luvly Jubbly resulting in grounding of its tow, dumb barge Lond Sands
Location: Weymouth Bay, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of lifeboat bowsing gear on ro-ro passenger ferry P&OSL Aquitaine
Location: Undergoing a refit in dry dock at Falmouth Port, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of lifeboat davit on dry cargo vessel St Rognvald resulting in 5 people injured
Location: Coastal waters off Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of lifeboat launching equipment on ro-ro passenger ferry Norsea with loss of 2 lives
Location: Port of Hull, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of lifeboat suspension link on ro-ro passenger ferry Pride of Hampshire with 16 people injured
Location: Port of Cherbourg, France.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of lifeboat winch brake on research vessel Marine Explorer with 2 people injured
Location: Harwich, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of lifeboat winch during exercise on dry cargo vessel Sammi Superstars with 2 people injured
Location: Liverpool, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of lifeboat winch on ro-ro passenger ferry P&OSL Calais and behaviour of self-lifting sprag clutch
Location: Exercise at the Port of Dover, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of main engine on product tanker Audacity and subsequent parting of tow rope from tug Red Wolf with 1 person injured
Location: Engine failure, 8nm East of Flamborough Head, England. Injury, 1nm east of Fairway buoy off Aberdeen, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of mooring bollard on passenger vessel Star Clipper with loss of 1 life
Location: St Katharine’s Pier, River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of podded propulsor system on chemical/products tanker Prospero and subsequent contact with jetty
Location: Port of Milford Haven, Wales.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of seat attachment and ejection of 3 people from rigid inflatable boat Time Flies
Location: River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of starboard outer bow door on ro-ro passenger ferry Pride of Provence before departure from port
Location: Port of Calais, France.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of stores crane on trailing suction hopper dredger Sand Falcon
Location: West Thurrock, River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of towing arrangement on tug Englishman while towing general cargo vessel Germania with loss of 1 life
Location: 30 miles south of Isle of Wight, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure of warp block on twin rig trawler Ocean Star with loss of 1 life
Location: North of the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failures of Marin Ark evacuation systems on ro-ro passenger vessel Pride of Canterbury
Location: Berthed at Dover Harbour, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Failure to engage locking pin during lifeboat drill on bulk carrier Galateia with 3 people injured
Location: Seaforth Docks, Liverpool, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall and entanglement while hauling gear on single-handed trawler Wakil II with 1 person injured
Location: 3.5 miles south-west of St Bees Head, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall down stairs on passenger cruise ship Edinburgh Castle with loss of 1 life
Location: Alongside Southampton Docks, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall from banana boat being towed by ski boat with loss of 1 life
Location: Bedfont, Middlesex, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall from cargo hatch top on general cargo vessel Norjan with 1 person injured
Location: Port of Southampton, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall from height on barge carrier/lighter aboard ship Spruce with 1 person injured
Location: Victoria Docks, Hartlepool, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall from main mast ratlines on commercial sailing vessel Albatros with loss of 1 life
Location: Thames Estuary off Southend-on-Sea, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall from mast of trawler Atlantic D with 1 person injured
Location: North Atlantic Ocean
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall from yard on fore mast on sail training ship TS Royalist with loss of 1 life
Location: Stokes Bay, near Gosport, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall into partially open cargo hold on container vessel Tempanos with loss of 1 life
Location: Berthed at the Port of Felixstowe, England
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall into void space during cargo operations on general cargo vessel Scot Pioneer with loss of 1 life
Location: Berthed at Belview Port, Waterford, Republic of Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall on dry cargo vessel RMS Mulheim resulting in grounding of vessel
Location: Near Land's End, Cornwall, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall on foredeck of dive workboat Jean Elaine with loss of 1 life
Location: 15nm north-west of Cape Wrath, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall through open hatch cover into cargo hold of container vessel Varmland with loss of 1 life
Location: Bredo Dry Dock, Port of Bremerhaven, Germany.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall through open hatch into fish room on trawler Aalskere with 1 person injured
Location: North Sea.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall through partially open hatch cover into cargo hold on bulk carrier Evangelos CH with loss of 1 life
Location: Anchored on the River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall through unguarded hatch into pump room on oil tanker Inga with loss of 1 life
Location: Berthed at Texaco Refinery at Pembroke, Milford Haven, Wales.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall while climbing quay ladder from prawn trawler Osprey with loss of 1 life
Location: Fish Market Quay, Lochinver Harbour, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall while entering ballast tank on container vessel Ville de Mars with loss of 1 life
Location: Gulf of Oman.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fall while using lifting gear to exit fish hold on trawler Gonpez 1 with 2 people injured
Location: Off Milford Haven, Wales.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch