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Selected Australian accidents/incidents 7 July – 26 September 2022
Date 7 July
Aircraft Sling 2
Location Sunshine Coast Airport, Qld
Fatalities 0
Description On first solo flight for a year, pilot left pitot cover in place, aborted...
Organisational factors combined with heat and winds in tanker crash
A lack of complete situational information and defined procedures contributed to the crash of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules during the catastrophic bushfires of January...
Remove before flight
The lessons learnt from the series of small failures that led to an airliner full of passengers taking off with its pitot covers still...
Tragic beyond words
The misunderstanding that led to a terrible accident also highlighted the need for proficiency in aviation English. Progress has been made but experts warn...
In a field near Pittsburgh
In his previous career as a newspaper reporter, CASA senior media officer Steve Creedy had a first-hand view of one of the most mysterious and...
Drone flyer diary – Samantha Farrow
The Australian drone industry recently reached a new milestone, with Surf Life Saving Northern Territory (SLSNT) approved by CASA as the 2,000 th remotely...
A tale of ice and fire
Behind an apparently simple and thankfully, non-fatal crash landing, lay a complex brew of errors, factors and assumptions.
On 19 December 2019, a turbine powered...
A mountain in the mind
Thai Airways flight TG311 Airbus A310-300, HS-TID Langtang, Nepal 31 July 1992
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what every man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
–...
Five tips when hiring a drone professional
More and more industries are now using drones to improve their business.
From farming and mining to wedding photographers and search and rescue, they are...
Taking the low road
A pilot flying at an incorrect level in a busy lane making garbled radio calls creates a wake of confusion and danger
Recently I embarked...
