ATSB notification of Interim report:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/new...lane-accident/
Full interim report here:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...r/ao-2017-118/
ABC news story here:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-...vered/10638526
What I find perplexing here is that the aircraft had already passed Jerusalem Bay and was established on normal tracking towards Rose Bay. It seems very odd that an approximately 180 degree turn was made back towards JB from overhead Little Shark Rock Pt.
I have often wondered whether momentary disorientation was a possible causal factor leading to a left hand turn into JB after take off rather than following the Hawkesbury to the east. It seems we now have proof that a left turn after take off was not made. Perhaps we will never know why the aircraft made the 180 degree turn back west into a dead end bay?
Its now nearly a year since this awful accident...my thoughts go out to those affected by the tragedy.
PG