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Date 2 October Aircraft Robinson R22 Beta Location Cowcowing Lakes, WA Fatalities 2 Description Helicopter crashed en route in wheatbelt district. Date 6 October Aircraft Bell 206 A Location Near Maitland,...

Date 1 October Aircraft Cessna 172 S Location Near Duluth International Airport, Minnesota, US Fatalities 3 Description Private IFR flight returning from wedding reception at night crashed into...

Date 1 July Aircraft Learjet 35A Location Rio Grande International Airport, Argentina Fatalities 4 Description Medical service aircraft crashed soon after take-off while returning to home base. Date 1...

Date 4 April Aircraft Bell 206L-4 Longranger IV Location Kiandra Flats, NSW Fatalities 2 Description Private helicopter crashed near Snowy Mountains Highway under unknown circumstances. ATSB investigating. Date 4...

After 4 years of folded wings, Australia’s biggest aviation event – the Avalon Airshow – is finally ready for take-off. And Flight Safety Australia...

Two experienced helicopter pilots, a common training exercise and a freshly paved runway. How did this combination lead to a damaged helicopter and a narrow escape from catastrophe? 

A suspected bird strike turned out to be something more worrying for aircraft operators. A Jabiru aircraft’s wooden propeller separated in flight due to extensive...

Most of Flight Safety Australia editor Ross Peake's working decisions are made in the office (or home office). So it was a refreshing change and a reminder of the realities of psychological pressure to make a solo flight to outback Queensland.

A serious in-flight incident highlights the hazard posed by maintenance error, and the importance of knowledge and procedure in minimising it. A report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) into an incident in 2021 found oil lines on an aircraft had been mistakenly transposed.