Here is an example of another tragic event reported by a ppruner on another forum. I post it here to demonstrate how quickly the CAA in that country moved to cancel a commercial operators AOC after such a tragedy.
Although the actual causes attributed to the crash are different from the Police crash in WA, the end result is the same. The root causes of poor safety management and negligence on the part of the management team from Chief Pilot - Management head are identicle.
This Coroner does not blame the Pilot as it was management who put him in the cockpit in the first place. (for full story go to Reporting point forum) The pilot of the WA Police crash should not be blamed either.. Management put him there.
I reiterate, "Maybe because all the victims were Police, that makes it different" !!
One things for sure no one in the Police will be held accountable for this crash. If this were a Police car accident with the same result, bet some one would lose their licence/job at least....
No further comment your Honor
From The New Zealand Herald :
Airline's approach to safety deplorable, says coroner
30.12.2002
11.45am
Inadequate safety procedures and a lack of anti-icing equipment caused a fatal crash in the Tararua Ranges five years ago, says Wellington coroner Garry Evans says.
Timothy Thompson, 27, was killed when the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron aircraft he was flying from Palmerston North to Christchurch crashed 2km southeast of Paraparaumu on June 11, 1997.
The company that owned the plane, United Aviation, went into receivership in August 1997, with the Civil Aviation Authority permanently revoking its operating certificate the following month.
In his findings, Mr Evans said the court was satisfied the cause of the crash "was the act of United Aviation in causing or permitting him to fly an aircraft not equipped with anti-icing or de-icing equipment or with ice detection lights on a winter's night freight flight".
The safety culture at United Aviation "left very much to be desired" and there was no way to ensure that Mr Thompson understood or complied with the company's operating procedures.
"United Aviation failed to ensure that Mr Thompson had... sufficient knowledge of the dangers associated with in-flight icing conditions to plan to avoid those hazards," Mr Evans said.
"Mr Thompson had carried out only one return trip from Palmerston North to Christchurch during winter months... the aircraft being flown by him was not approved for flight in forecast or known icing conditions."
Mr Thompson could not be criticised for failing to recognise the dangers of the icing conditions.
Mr Evans said it was possible that carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty heater in the plane had also contributed to the crash. The gas could have impaired Mr Thompson's performance and caused mental confusion.
"The failures on the part of United Aviation.... were serious, fundamental in nature and are to be deplored," Mr Evans said.
"Mr Thompson's death was preventable."
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