Australia's Stunning 2023 Aviation Safety Report Card

Australia has posted yet another stunning aviation safety report card for 2023 with no fatalities for commercial transport flights.

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Sun Dec 31, 2023

Australia has posted yet another stunning aviation safety report card for 2023 with no fatalities for commercial transport flights.

In 2023 there were over 13 million flights recorded by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and there were 2,164 non-serious incidents.

Here is the breakdown of those incidents.

Operational 527

Technical 458

Consequential events 380

Airspace 198

Wildlife 1003

  1. Bird Strike 980
  2. Animal Strike 21
  3. Other wildlife 2

Weather 152

Australia has one of the world's most rigorous safety reporting systems and all those reports are freely available, unlike many other countries.

In too many countries the reporting is substandard and the reports are not made public for assessment which compromises aviation safety.

Australia's world-leading record continues the country's perfect jet safety record by its major airlines now represented by Qantas, Virgin Australia, Rex and Bonza.

Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia 737 MAX in Japan. Credit @kokym_P4A0N5

In fact, Qantas is now formally recognised by the British Advertising Standards Association in a 2008 ruling as the world's most experienced airline. That ruling was made possible by a report prepared by the author at the request of Qantas to defend its claim in an advertising campaign in the UK.

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