Two safety critical issues arose today, in Crikey reports about a Qantas 767 descending too low with its wheels up as it approached Sydney last Monday, and about the informal relationship between Qantas and CASA and shoddy foreign maintenance.
They raise again the question as to whether the public administration of air safety in Australia is [...]
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Will air safety in Australia be reformed promptly, or after a disaster?
November 3, 2009 – 5:11 pm
Angry Flyers Lounge-Qantas brings down the roof
July 13, 2009 – 11:32 am
A passenger on QF768 on Sunday night from Perth – Melbourne to Melbourne reports:
A bit of a rough landing at Tullamarine. A section of the ceiling housing lights on a 767-336 came off during landing.
While hard landings are often necessary when the pilot judges the conditions require a firm contact with the [...]
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