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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
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 pilot ladder while boarding bulk carrier Cape Kestrel with loss of 1 life
Accident occurred while crew member was joining the UK registered vessel at the Port of Durban, South Africa. Lead investigation State: South Africa
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 cargo tank on oil/chemical tanker Bro Arthur with loss of 1 life
Berthed at the Cargill Terminal, Port of Hamburg, Germany.
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
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire and abandonment of seiner/trawler Be Ready
Location: 30 miles north-west of the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire and explosion on bulk carrier Yeoman Bontrup
Location: Glensanda Quarry, Loch Linnhe, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire and sinking of fishing vessel Ocean Harvest II
Location: Approximately 25 miles off Kilkeel, Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire and sinking of passenger transfer catamaran ECC Topaz during engine trials
Location: 11nm off Lowestoft, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire and sinking of stern trawler Onward
Location: 60nm off the north coast of Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire and subsequent sinking of large charter motor yacht Lady Candida
Location: Off Corsica.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire and subsequent sinking of potter Yves Marie Amil
Location: Off Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire caused by gas-fired barbecue in galley of passenger river cruiser Pride of Bath
Location: River Avon, Bath, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in accommodation area on fishing vessel Lisa Leanne with loss of 1 life
Location: Berthed in Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in accommodation area on general cargo vessel Celtic Carrier with 1 person injured
Location: Off Cape Trafalgar, Spain.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in accommodation area on general cargo vessel Rosebank
Location: 7 miles east of Alnmouth, Northumberland, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room and subsequent abandonment of twin rig trawler Denarius
Location: 83 miles north north-east off Kinnaird Head, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room of beam trawler Our Roseanne
Location: Haile Sands at the entrance to the River Humber, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room of general cargo vessel Saline
Location: Approaches to the Humber Estuary, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch