澳大利亚运输安全局（ATSB）发布了一篇有关自由降落式救生艇的事故报导。协会希望此次事故能引起配备类似自降系统的船舶所有人的重视。
事故是由于用于固定救生艇的吊钩在前几次的救生艇施放演习后未正确复位所致。事发时，一名轮机员正在救生艇内作业，未发现吊钩存在问题，直至感觉到震荡才意识到救生艇已在移动。即便如此，如果模拟绳索未断裂，也不会酿成重大事故。最终救生艇在船尾后方坠入海中，致使该轮机员受伤。
详细信息请参阅附件。
Freefall Lifeboat Incident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a report involving a freefall lifeboat accident that the Club wishes to bring to the attention of owners of vessels fitted with similar freefall systems.
In this incident the hook designed to hold the boat until it was launched had not reset correctly following a previous exercise where the boat was launched. An engineer, while working in the boat and unaware of the hook problem, felt it judder and realised it had started to move. This would not have been a major issue had the simulation wires not parted, that they did meant the boat launched off the back of the ship and the engineer was injured.
See attached file: Freefall Lifeboat Incident.pdf
