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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 ro-ro passenger ferry Red Eagle and coastal tanker Humber Energy
Location: Near the West Bramble buoy off the south coast of England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between ro-ro passenger ferry Stena Britannica and tug Fairplay 22 with loss of 2 lives
German registered tug Fairplay 22 capsized after collision with the UK-registered vessel on the Nieuwe Waterweg near Hook of Holland. Lead investigation state: Holland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Collision between ro-ro passenger vessel Scottish Viking and prawn trawler Homeland with loss of 1 life
Location: 4.2 miles off St Abb's Head, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by DUKW amphibious passenger vessel Titania with moored vessel
Location: River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by high speed passenger craft Norman Arrow with fendering and with mooring dolphin
Locations: Fendering while moving berth at Portsmouth, England. Dolphin while approaching berth at Le Havre, France.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by passenger cruise ship Queen Victoria with quay
Location: Pinto Wharf, Valetta Harbour, Malta.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by passenger ferry Barfleur with chain of chain ferry Bramble Bush Bay
Location: Poole, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by passenger/ro-ro cargo ferry Finnarrow with berth and its subsequent flooding
Location: Holyhead Port, Wales.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by passenger vessel Millennium City with bridge
Location: Westminster Bridge, River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by passenger vessel Millennium Diamond with Tower Bridge
Location: Tower Bridge on the River Thames, London, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro cargo vessel Ursine with ro-ro passenger ferry Pride of Bruges
Location: Berthing at King George Dock, Hull, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Daggri with breakwater
Location: Ulsta, Shetland Islands, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Dover Seaways with a breakwater
Location: Port of Dover, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Isle of Mull with moored ferry and pier
Location: Oban Railway Pier, Oban Bay, Scotland.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry P&OSL Aquitaine with quay resulting in several injuries
Location: Port of Calais, France.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Pride of Portsmouth with berthed warship HMS St Albans during heavy weather
Location: Portsmouth Harbour, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Pride of Provence with harbour breakwater resulting in 30 people injured
Location: Southern breakwater of Dover Harbour, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Red Falcon with linkspan
Location: Town Quay, Southampton, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Seven Sisters with fendering
Location: West Pier, Newhaven, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Sirena Seaways with berth
Locations: Harwich International Port, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry St Faith with linkspan fendering
Location: Attempting to berth at Camber Basin, Portsmouth, 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 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
Contacts made by passenger vessel Logos II during berthing and unberthing
Location: St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Crush incident during recovery of tender from passenger cruise ship Thomson Celebration with loss of 1 life
Location: St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Crush incident involving hydraulically operated watertight door on ro-ro passenger vessel Eurovoyager
Location: Approaching Ramsgate, 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 with power operated watertight door on ro-ro passenger ferry P&OSL Kent with loss of 1 life
Location: English Channel en route to Dover, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Dragging anchor and grounding of ro-ro passenger ferry Stena Alegra
Location: Off Karlskrona, Sweden.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Dragging anchor on multiple occasions by ro-ro passenger vessel Ropax 1 and contact made with refinery monobuoy
Location: Algeciras Bay, Spain.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Drowning in swimming pool on the passenger cruise ship Sapphire Princess with loss of 1 life
Location: East China Sea
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Electrical failure and loss of starboard engines on ro-ro passenger ferry European Endeavour resulting in contact with linkspan
Location: Number 7 linkspan, Port of Calais, France.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Engine failure and fire on DUKW amphibious passenger vessel Mistress Quickly
Location: Lambeth Bridge, River Thames, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
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
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 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 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 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 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
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
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
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 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 engine room of passenger vessel RMS St Helena
Location: South of the Isles of Scilly.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room of ro-ro passenger ferry Isle of Inishmore
Location: Berthed at in Pembroke Dock, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room of ro-ro passenger ferry Norsea
Location: Off Norfolk, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room of ro-ro passenger ferry Sally Star with 1 person injured
Location: Off Ramsgate, England.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
29 Feb 2016
MAIB
Fire in engine room on high speed passenger craft Stena Explorer
Location: Entering Holyhead Harbour, Wales.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch