Garuda crash


Justice fails in Indonesia

The most guilty party in the March 2007 crash of a Garuda 737 at Yogyakarta which killed 5 Australians escaped punishment in Indonesia today. That party was the airline, Garuda.

Howard’s baggage: The PM needs a bigger jet

The PM’s memory continued to fail him this morning on radio when he forgot that his office had spent $100,000 increasing the baggage space on one of his Boeing BBJ jets.

Truth obscured on Indonesian air safety

On the day Fairfax journalist Cynthia Banham leaves hospital after losing a leg and suffering serious burns in the Garuda crash at Yogyakarta on 7 March, the PM’s declaration that the airline is safe is exposed as a sham by DFAT’s own travel advisory service.