Pel-Air Aviation


Pel-Air inquiry shrouded in secrecy

The CASA investigation into the Pel-Air incident last year has been shrouded in secrecy, despite the regulator indefinitely suspending the pilot licence of the captain who flew the Westwind jet.

Pel-Air implicates itself deeper and deeper over ditching

It seems that every time the senior management of Pel-Air open their mouths in public they take on more water, says Ben Sandilands.

CASA must act now to prosecute over Pel-Air crash

The pilot of the Pel-Air Westwind that crashed off Norfolk Island on Wednesday apparently took off with inadequate fuel supplies. He, and his airline, must be prosecuted.

Attention all media: an Australian jet crashed last night

Jet crashes are rare in Australia, but one happened last night at Norfolk Island and no-one in the media noticed. All six people on board the CareFlight medical evacuation jet have survived