Originally Posted by
Traffic_Is_Er_Was
No it's not. CASA don't conduct accident investigations. The ATSB do. It's not up to CASA to find the thing and find out why it crashed. Their job would be to assess any recommendations or findings arising from that investigation, were it to occur. I note that no other safety regulator in the world has grounded or otherwise restricted the operation of B777's pending the results.
I think his point was safety at any cost vs some sort of measured consideration of risk/reward and MH 370 was an example of that playing out in real life.
CASA and ATSB are almost one in the same these days anyhow,
https://www.casa.gov.au/files/casaatsbmou201503pdf