Qantas and safety investigator the ATSB have disagreed over an incident in which a Qantas 767 Cityflyer descended to 500 feet radio altitude with its wheels still up a mere 1500 metres north of Sydney Airport.
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Bid to hush-up report on serious near miss between jets
There is a clear inference of conspiracy between the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the federal government to hush-up a serious near miss between airliners in Australian airspace.
Controlling QF32 a constant issue for pilots, says new report
The controllability of the Airbus A380 — Qantas flight QF32 on November 4 — when a Rolls-Royce engine disintegrated after taking off from Singapore was a constant issue for its pilots, according to the preliminary report into the incident by the ATSB.
With 177 on board, trainee pilot fluffs landing at Gold Coast
A training incident involving an inexperienced pilot and 177 Jetstar passengers at the Gold Coast Airport on May 30 is expected to come under scrutiny at the imminent Senate Inquiry into pilot training and standards.
Xenophon puts pilot training, safety standards on the table
Concerns about Qantaslink safety standards and ATSB and CASA secrecy are landing on the desk of independent SA Senator Nick Xenophon.
Flawed report gave warning signs on Trans Air failures
The Milne Bay crash that killed three Australians and a New Zealander in PNG on Tuesday has also exposed serious concerns about CASA’s handling of Trans Air’s operations.
QantasLink near miss — air safety reports need transparency
The ATSB released a damning report into an astonishingly unsafe approach to Sydney Airport by a QantasLink turbo-prop. There is no effective accountability in air safety reporting in this country.
Jetstar escapes prosecution
Why is Jetstar untouchable when it breaks the law? It failed to notify the ATSB of a reportable air safety incident, yet it’s escaped prosecution. Where is the integrity and consistency of the ATSB?
Airline safety regulatory enforcement: US shows how to get tough
The neglect of airline safety regulatory enforcement in Australia compared to the US is highlighted by the different treatment recently of safety failures in Jetstar and American Airlines.
ATSB report damns Jetstar pilot training
A fierce report from Australia’s air safety investigator has finally slammed Jetstar’s pilot training, following an incompetent and dangerously bungled landing at Tullamarine Airport several years ago.
Fright in wake: Airbus in scare with turbo-prop at Sydney
It was a scary case of big meets little at Sydney Airport on November 8 last year, when the wake turbulence from a giant Airbus A380 upset a tiny SAAB 340 turbo-prop as both were landing.
Credibility of Qantas on line over “unusual vibrations” aka a flaming engine
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.
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.
