Voice,
When I say 2 this year, I mean 2 planes. Before this Chieftain NAC had a 210 prop-strike near Palumpa that was also kept low key.
What should be of concern for the rest of us, who work hard to place actual safety of operations before its appearance, is that these incidents/accidents follow on the end of a very long chain.
Like some of the previous events, it was only by good grace that no one was injured last weekend.
- 206 crash after the mixture cable comes out the pilots hand, almost killing the pilot.
- 210 emergency landing at Batchelor after running out of oil.
- 210 wheels up.
- 310 wheels up at Gove.
- 210 flown with structural damage AND PASSENGERS.
And that’s just the last couple of years!
Now, I'm not saying that no other operators have incidents or (god forbid) accidents, but NO OTHER operator in Darwin is allowed so much as to change the coffee machine without proving to the local CASA that is can continue safe operations. Someone needs to explain how this company’s record can be obtained and still not come under the strongest scrutiny of the authorities.
Did the passengers of Seaview and Monarch perish for naught? Perhaps as in the past, some has to die first!