Originally Posted by
SIUYA
…Why does it take the ATSB so long to finalise investigations? I remember the old BASI/early ATSB finished investigations in much shorter timeframes than presently happens…
Lookleft already gave an example of an older brief final report, which goes some way to explaining timeframes. But also note that ATSB already has initial summary of an accident on its website within days of an accident, and for complex accidents they will often release a preliminary report or findings which share a lot of what they have found. in the case of this accident I heard a news report in last few days that indicated such a preliminary report may already be released by ATSB in a period of weeks, not months or years.