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Heartbreak of Gundaroo plane crash loss revealed in online fundraiser

Fundraising launch to support the Smith family.

The Canberra Times

'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

'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

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Leaking door on Canberra flight forced emergency action

Workers thought seal damage on the plane's door was cosmetic.

The Canberra Times

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

'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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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".

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AAP

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

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

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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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.

ABC News

ATSB releases preliminary report in investigation into fatal NT Christmas Eve plane crash

A light plane crash that claimed the life of a young pilot and his single passenger on Christmas Eve last year happened amid severe thunderstorms and lightning strikes, early investigations have revealed.

Daily Mirror

SeaWorld helicopter crash pilot reveals what happened moments before deadly collision

Michael James, a SeaWorld helicopter pilot in the aircraft less severely affected in the crash, said he saw five passengers boarding the second helicopter in Australia's Gold Coast

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