Full-scale search ends for missing helicopter pilot and his dog Police and lifeguards will continue patrolling the beach and water. Newcastle Herald · Oct 30, 2023
Cockpit video recovered from helicopter crash, investigation launched It could reveal what happened in the final moments before the crash. Newcastle Herald · Oct 28, 2023
Heartbreak of Gundaroo plane crash loss revealed in online fundraiser Fundraising launch to support the Smith family. The Canberra Times · Oct 9, 2023
'No words': family grieving for plane crash victims Authorities are continuing to investigate the cause of a light plane crash near Canberra which killed an experienced pilot and his three grandchildren. AAP · Oct 7, 2023
'Tragic circumstances': plane crash probe begins An investigation is under way into a light plane crash that killed an experienced pilot and three children near Canberra. AAP · Oct 7, 2023
Leaking door on Canberra flight forced emergency action Workers thought seal damage on the plane's door was cosmetic. The Canberra Times · Aug 10, 2023
Qantas ‘mayday’ flight from Auckland to Sydney landed safely thanks to effective flight crew, report finds Transport safety bureau investigation into January QF144 flight reveals mechanical problem to blame for outage of one engine The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2023
'Enormous suffering' from Lockhart River plane crash A second plane crash at Lockhart River in far north Queensland has caused enormous suffering, a coroner has said opening an inquest into the 2020 tragedy. AAP · Jul 17, 2023
Pilot killed along with pregnant wife was unlicensed Safety authorities say a pilot killed alongside his pregnant wife when their light plane went down in rough weather did not hold a licence to fly. AAP · Jul 4, 2023
Bird strike behind fatal crop duster crash, ATSB finds Authorities investigating a pilot's death in southern Queensland have ruled a large bird shattered his crop duster's windshield as it flew low over a property. AAP · Jun 29, 2023
CASA review of Sea World helicopter crash airspace 'inappropriate', 'window dressing', say aviation experts CASA is reviewing the airspace where two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast, killing four people. But an aviation industry consultant says they may be "preparing themselves" for the outcome of a wider ATSB investigation due next year. ABC News · Jun 2, 2023
Airspace review under way at Gold Coast collision site The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is reviewing the Gold Coast airspace in which two helicopters tragically collided in January. The New Daily · Jun 1, 2023
Fuel line fire likely to blame for flight that killed nurse in Kununurra The outback milk-run flight turned to tragedy after a fire filled the cockpit with smoke causing the plane to crash near a runway in Kununurra. ABC News · May 23, 2023
Plane failed to take off due to parking brake not being fully released, safety report finds An investigation finds the parking handle brake on a plane leaving from Flinders Island runway last November had not been completely returned to a panel, causing the pilot to "call failure" and stop the take off. ABC News · May 17, 2023
ABC News · May 3, 2023 Australian Transport Safety Bureau finds Boeing 737 crashed into ridge while fighting fire Authorities complete their preliminary investigation into a firebombing aircraft crash in Western Australia's south earlier this year, revelaing the pilots escaped through a cockpit window.
ABC News · Apr 27, 2023 Helicopter crash inquest into instructor Roger Corbin's death hears trainee pilot 'woke up trapped' in wreckage The trainee pilot who survived a helicopter crash that killed a veteran Tasmanian pilot tells an inquest that he has no memory of the moment of impact and "woke up trapped in the aircraft".
AAP · Apr 24, 2023 Helicopter pilot 'always about safety', inquest told An inquest has begun into the death of an experienced flying instructor in a helicopter crash during a training exercise at Hobart Airport.
ABC News · Apr 21, 2023 Divers remove wreckage of plane that crashed into ocean at Leighton Beach in North Fremantle A salvage crew removes the wreckage of a light plane from the ocean on Friday afternoon after it came down just off Perth's Leighton Beach in North Fremantle.
ABC News · Apr 21, 2023 Lockhart River fatal plane crash inquest to look at training, safety, and warning systems The coroner says Liz Thomas has unique capacity and knowledge as a spouse and a pilot, and will likely be called to an inquest into the 2020 plane crash that killed five men in far north Queensland.
ABC News · Apr 17, 2023 Rail Safety Regulator charges Queensland Rail over Westwood train crash that killed worker The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator has filed three charges over the 2021 incident, in which the locomotive hit a parked coal train and killed a man.
ABC News · Apr 14, 2023 West Australian government scathing of CASA over Broome helicopter crash that killed Amber Millar and Troy Thomas Western Australia's tourism minister says federal regulators need to make sure aviation operators are following the law, after the family of a 12-year-old girl killed in a helicopter crash in Broome called for drastic changes.
ABC News · Apr 12, 2023 Family of girl killed in Broome chopper crash calls for aviation crackdown as ATSB finds safety failures The family of a 12-year-old girl killed in a helicopter crash in Broome three years ago calls for drastic changes to the regulation of tourist flights after a scathing report.
AAP · Apr 12, 2023 Pilot in fatal chopper crash had 'high-risk appetite' The pilot of a helicopter involved in a fatal crash three years ago had a history of risk-taking and was not legally allowed to fly, a report has found.
ABC News · Apr 4, 2023 Soviet-era aircraft travelling below 500ft before crashing into ocean off Gold Coast, inquest finds Investigators were not able to determine with certainty that Gold Coast pilot Martinus van Hattem was completing an aerobatic manoeuvre immediately before the fatal crash off South Stradbroke Island in 2019, but it was considered a possibility.
AAP · Mar 29, 2023 Kit plane crashed just after takeoff, killing two Australia's national transport safety investigator says a US kit-built plane crashed in southwest Sydney after a short maiden flight.