ATsB have put out an interim report and Murdoch's mob is the first to pick up on it
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AO-2013-161 investigation update
Collision system failed on Qantas plane
Last line of the above article is interesting...
"
The ATSB expects to complete its investigation later this month."
...could this be a world record for the ATsB or is it a typo?
Let's check shall we...from the interim report:
It is anticipated that the investigation will be completed no later than September 2014.
Must have been a typo or the journo has mixed up his/her shorthand...oh well status quo remains!
ps Also picked up on this point of interest from the interim report:
Although all air transport aircraft are required to have a TCAS, on rare occasions the system can fail or lose functionality during a flight. In such situations a flight crew is usually provided with a fault message, and the flight crew are required to advise ATC. In addition, under specific conditions, aircraft are able to be dispatched for short periods of time without a serviceable TCAS.
Hmm...there is a potential hole in the cheese and one that I'd be filing away if I was a bus driver...driver beware!
