The Age - Not our pilot: Legal battle over DFO crash plane (Company told hours after Essendon DFO crash that plane was in its name)
The aviation company potentially facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over the Essendon DFO disaster was told three hours after the crash that the plane involved had been registered in its name.
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Emails published in a finding by the Commonwealth's Administrative Appeals Tribunal show the company did not find out its application to transfer registration had been approved until midday on February 21 – three hours after the crash at 8.58am.
"Your application was actioned ... it should be on its way in the mail," CASA wrote in the email sent at 12.01pm.
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Company told hours after Essendon DFO crash that plane was in its name