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Airservices Media
Posted October 12, 2012 at 1:14 pm | Permalink
The article by Ben Sandilands ‘Airservices ‘lost Virgin jet’ screen grab unmasks its lie’ is simply wrong.
Any suggestion that there is a ‘cover up’ by Airservices is completely false.
The incident that occurred on 28 September was immediately reported in our incident reporting system by line management. A review of the incident by our internal safety management team commenced that day, which is a normal part of our processes. The classification was updated on 2 October with the incident reported to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).
The ATSB opened their investigation on 4 October. Mr Sandilands posted his initial blog following the ATSB’s public notification of their investigation.
The aircraft was never ‘lost’ to Airservices air traffic controllers. It continued to be displayed on all air traffic control displays managing the airspace and was not in the vicinity of any other aircraft.
Airservices first priority will always be the safety of the travelling public.
Australia’s enviable aviation safety record is dependent on transparent safety reporting through a ‘Just Culture’ policy which encourages staff to openly and honestly report information without concern that it will be used to their detriment.
Sensationalist and inaccurate reporting prior to an independent investigation occurring threatens our strong reporting culture.
Andrew Clark
A/Chief Executive Officer
Ben Sandilands
Posted October 12, 2012 at 1:23 pm | Permalink
Andrew,
You seem incapable of reading your own incident notification, which on amendment said that Airservices was unaware of the situation until the aircraft alerted the system to its approach to Brisbane.
You also seem incapable of understanding the words that “appropriate assessment of known traffic for potential conflicts … did not occur.”
The facts are that your organisation cannot be trusted to safely separate aircraft, and cannot be trusted to tell the truth.
Top shot Ben KTBH, although save a few of those grenades for Fort Fumble!
Last edited by Sarcs; 12th Oct 2012 at 03:36.