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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
Collision between bulk carrier Seagate and refrigerated-cargo vessel Timor Stream
Location: 24 nm north of the Dominican Republic.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between chemical tanker Orakai and beam trawler Margriet
Location: North Hinder Junction, North Sea, UK
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between fishing vessel Diana and bulk carrier Santa Vitoria resulting in Diana sinking
Location: Off north east coast of England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between fishing vessels Immanuel V and Scath Ros resulting in Scath Ros sinking
Location: Off the east coast of Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between general cargo vessel Leeswig and trawler Spes Bona V
Location: 3.5' north-east of Pladda lighthouse, Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between general cargo vessel Scot Venture and scallop dredger Golden Promise
Location: 4 miles north of Buckie, Moray Firth, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between general cargo vessel Union Moon and ro-ro passenger ferry Stena Feronia
Location: Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between high speed passenger craft Diamant and ro-ro passenger ferry Northern Merchant
Location: 3 miles south east of Dover, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between motor yacht Lady of Rudding and dumb barge, towed by workboat Datchet, with 1 person injured
Location: 10.5 miles west north west of Tintagel, Cornwall, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between pair trawlers Devotion and Fruitful Bough resulting Devotion sinking
Location: North Sea.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between standby vessel Strilmøy and pair trawler Harvester resulting in Harvester sinking
Location: 130 miles north-east of Peterhead, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between stern trawler Aspire and scallop dredger Mariscos
Location: Off east coast of Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between tanker Ras Laffan and twin rig trawler Ashlon
Location: North east of Fraserburgh, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between trawlers Sunrise and Ocean Dawn while pair trawling
Location: North Sea.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by general cargo vessel Silves with quay
Location: No 7 berth, North Quay, Montrose, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by oil product/chemical tanker Apollo with quayside
Location: Northfleet Hope Container Terminal, Tilburyness, River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger vessel King of Scandinavia with submersible oil platform Northern Producer and berth
Location: Port of Tyne, England
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by tanker King Everest with buoy and snagging of buoy's cable
Location: North New Sand Buoy in the north-east approaches to Humber, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by wind farm passenger transfer catamarans: Windcat 9 with floating target and Island Panther with turbine
Locations: Floating target at Donna Nook Air Weapons Range off Lincolnshire, England. Turbine at Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm off North Norfolk, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Crush incident during manoeuvring of hatch cover on cargo vessel CEC Crusader with loss of 1 life
Location: 1.8 miles north of Foreness Point, Kent, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Crush incident involving power operated watertight door on passenger cruise ship Royal Princess with 1 person injured
Location: North East Traffic Lane, Dover Traffic Separation Scheme off the south east coast of England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Crush incident while bulk carrier Fitnes was self-discharging cargo with loss of 1 life
Location: Northfleet, River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Derailment of hatch-lid gantry crane on dry cargo vessel Blue Note
Location: Berthed at Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Disappearance and rescue of small fishing vessel Water-rail
Location: Found approximately 44nm offshore in the North Sea off Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Dragging anchor and contact with overhead cable by sailing yacht Pinocchio resulting in fire and 1 person injured
Location: Near Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Electrical failure and subsequent grounding of ro-ro cargo vessel Moondance
Location: Warrenpoint Harbour, Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Entanglement while shooting fishing gear from twin rig stern trawler Solstice II with loss of 1 life
Location: 25 miles south-west of Rockall in North Atlantic Ocean.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Entry to a confined space on general cargo vessel Baltiyskiy-107 with loss of 1 life
Location: On passage in the North Sea.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Entry to enclosed space on bulk carrier Diamond Bulker with 1 person injured and loss of 2 lives
Location: Anchored in Lough Foyle, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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
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
Fall from mast of trawler Atlantic D with 1 person injured
Location: North Atlantic Ocean
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 into fish room on trawler Aalskere with 1 person injured
Location: North Sea.
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 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 stern trawler Onward
Location: 60nm off the north coast of Scotland.
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 twin rig trawler Elegance followed by second fire resulting in flooding and sinking
Location: 1st fire off the Shetland Islands, Scotland. 2nd fire off North Ronaldsay, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room on cargo vessel Corner Brook
Location: North Atlantic Ocean.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room on multipurpose trawler Kingfisher II
Location: 5 miles east of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room on stern trawler Ocean Challenge resulting in vessel sinking
Location: North Sea.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room on tug SD Dexterous
Location: 0.5nm north of Rhu Narrows, Gareloch, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in switchboard on ro-ro passenger ferry Stena Pioneer
Location: Larne Harbour area, Northern Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire on long liner Ross Alcedo with 2 people injured
Location: Approximately 32 miles north-west of the Isles of Scilly.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire on long liner Shark and flooding of gill netter Royalist resulting in it sinking
Location: Fire, 74 miles west-north-west of Malin Head, Republic of Ireland. Flooding, 180 miles west-north-west of Dingle, Republic of Ireland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Flooding and sinking of pair/stern trawler Jasper III
Location: 90 miles north-east of Fraserburgh, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Flooding and sinking of pair/stern trawler Radiant Star III
Location: 60 miles north-east of Fraserburgh, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Flooding and sinking of pair trawler Constant Faith
Location: Approximately 100 miles north-north-east of Peterhead, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch