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Barrier Aviation grounded permanently- Local Cairns News | cairns.com.au
BARRIER Aviation has been grounded permanently with The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) cancelling the Cairns-based airline's air operator's certificate yesterday.
The charter company’s Horn Island base was the main concern for CASA with the authority suspending the airline from flight in December because maintenance issues were not been documented correctly.
In a statement released last night, CASA said they conducted an investigation which confirmed Barrier Aviation had been operating aircraft with serious and known defects, as well as directing pilots to fly these aircraft.
On 22 February 2013, the Federal Court of Australia made an order prohibiting Barrier Aviation from conducting operations.