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Aircraft were metres from disaster
What would in all probability have been Australia’s worst aviation disaster was narrowly avoided at Albury in NSW in October 2019. A training aircraft...
The very best intentions
Avro Lincoln, Mk 31, A73-64
Mt Superbus, Qld
4.14 am, 9 April 1955
A sick baby, a tired crew, a mountain waiting in the mist
Ten years of...
The old man and the sea
The experienced captain made an inexplicable decision to embark on a long overwater flight with a sick engine.
About lunchtime, the young first officer found...
Intersection of factors
A runway incursion at Perth Airport reveals how easily the delicate equilibrium of forces, factors and fallibility behind safe operations can be upset
It’s no...
Not my time to die
Correct decision-making can be difficult when the pressure is on. When was the last time you told your chief pilot, ’No‘?
By Robert L Cassidy
In...
Send in the clowns: when not to fly
How do you judge when it’s better to stay on the ground?
Of all the aviation clichés in the world, my very favourite is, ‘It’s...
Whatever next? Crisis becomes normal
The aviation industry has undergone a tectonic shift during the pandemic and flight crews are seeing their careers abruptly on hold. In what form...
Australian accidents 19 December 2019 – 21 March 2020
Date 19 December
Aircraft Cessna P210N Pressurised Centurion (turbine conversion)
Location Near Moruya Airport, NSW
Fatalities 0
Description Aircraft crashed short of runway on approach after engine stopped....
A scary downhill take-off
Anonymous
After many years of on-again off-again training, I was finally the proud holder of a private pilot certificate.
I had been aware of an...
Russian roulette
A harmless but disturbing incident highlights how complex systems and procedures can be vulnerable to the effects of misunderstanding and miscommunication.
The worst thing that...
