The scorched engine at the centre of the latest allegations about safety standards at Qantas is now being examined by the independent air safety investigator, and the credibility of two unions, the airline’s management and the air safety regulation enforce are all on the line.
ATSB
Air safety investigation fail: Wagga REX turbo prop incident
An emergency on a REX flight between Sydney and Wagga Wagga last Thursday has put air safety investigator ATSB into precisely the tight spot Australia has been called upon to fix.
Damning audit slams CASA’s safety record
The world’s peak aviation safety organisation has told Canberra that CASA is inept.
We're all going to die Emirates flight 407: centimetres from death
On 20 March, Emirates flight EK 407 from Melbourne and the 275 people on board were seconds and centimetres from a fiery death.
QF72’s computer glitch has happened before
Ben Sandliands writes in his blog that in-flight control excursion of QF72 was “a unique incident”. Sorry Ben, you’re dead wrong - it has happened before, writes Matthew Donald.
Garuda crash: time to ask more questions
The pressure on the Infrastructure Department to explain the incompetence of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau office in Jakarta in the aftermath of the 07 March 2007 Garuda crash at Yogyakarta is rising, writes Ben Sandilands.
Yogyakarta Airport in safety breach when Garuda jet crashed
Investigations by an aviation auditing firm has discovered that Yogyakarta Airport was unlicensed when a Garuda jet crashed there on 7 March 2007 killing 21 people including five Australians, writes Ben Sandilands.
Garuda almosts land on airport workers. Will Rudd demand answers?
An alarming incident at Perth Airport involving a Garuda Indonesia 737 last Friday has come to light, writes Ben Sandilands.
Safety circus 2: A busy year in air regulation
The decision not to inquire into the Qantas nitrogen gas screw-up closely followed the ATSB deciding not to investigate a REX turbo-prop that flew most of the way from Wagga Wagga to Sydney on one engine, writes Ben Sandilands.
We did everything as sensibly as we could, says REX
REX can’t wait for the ATSB to investigate its recent single engine flight from Wagga Wagga to Sydney, writes Ben Sandilands.
Jetstar at Tulla, TAM at Sao Paulo. Spot the difference
An international A320 captain who has reviewed the preliminary Australian Transport Safety Bureau report into the botched Jetstar aborted landing at Melbourne Airport in July says there is one element in common with the disaster the same month when TAM crashed the same type of jet into a building after failing to stop on the runway at Sao Paulo Airport.
Jetstar A320 43 feet from disaster: report
The preliminary report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau into a double missed approach to Melbourne Airport in fog by a Jetstar A320 on 21 July points to a critical error that caused the jet to sink close to the ground instead of climbing away as intended, writes Ben Sandilands.
Regional flight just 10 minutes from disaster
More evidence of fuel foolishness in regional airlines in Australia has been released this morning in a final report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to an incident in which a small turboprop with 16 passengers on board almost ran dry mid flight in Queensland.
Fog continues to obscure Jetstar’s near miss
Fog continues to shroud the circumstances in which a Jetstar A320 narrowly missed hitting the ground during an aborted approach to Melbourne Airport on July 21, writes Ben Sandilands.
CASA & Vaile let Jetstar probe Jetstar near miss
Only today will a full dossier on the latest Jetstar incident be delivered to the independent accident and incident investigator, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
“Mayday!” Qantas jet dices with ditching off Perth
As if a fake ground engineer and dodgy electrical repairs weren’t enough to rattle Qantas regulars, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has dropped an incident report which reminds the airline of the need to make sure its jets have enough fuel to reach Perth, writes Ben Sandilands.
