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Airport operators enjoy the privileged position in Australian planning law of being able to decide their own futures. Their exemption from state planning rules threatens orderly planning and safety.
Air crash investigators will be piecing together the events leading up to the crash of a charter aircraft in Essendon this week.
Complex systems, from TV shows to hospitals, have plenty of checks and procedures, so why do things still go wrong?
Brazilian football club Chapecoense were en route to their first Copa Sudamericana final when their plane crashed, killing all but six on board.
Investigating an air crash is a delicate and complex task at the best of times – and Flight KGL9268 came down in one of the world’s most difficult regions.
Air accident investigations are meticulous, thorough, and are the reason air travel is as safe as it is.
Speculating on the cause of any crash is very difficult, but several key explanations are far more likely than any others.
Ghoulish obsession with flames, death and grief among the media obscures how safe we really are.
The first loss of life among airshow spectators since 1952, any changes to rules that follow will make them safer still.
The aircraft part found on an Indian ocean island is said to be from a Boeing 777 but the challenge now is to determine if the wreckage is from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370.
Stray debris on a distant beach could well be the first remnant found of missing Flight MH370.
It takes two people to launch a nuclear missile - it’s time the same level of safety returned to the cockpit.
The aims of safety and security are not always on the same team, sometimes with disastrous results.
In light of another tragic airline crash, it’s natural to ask whether air travel is becoming less safe. In fact, air travel is safer than at almost any point in history.
The European Alps where Flight 4U 9525 crashed – killing 150 onboard – are known by pilots to be a hazardous place. Just one of many things a pilot must consider during any air emergency.
The crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525 in the Alps with the loss of 150 lives will have left grieving families wanting answers, but all we can do is wait.
While the full picture has yet to emerge, it appears that the reason for the loss of Air Asia flight QZ8501 is different from the losses of MH370 and MH17 earlier this year. MH17 was clearly a man-made…
Once again, the news agenda is dominated by tragedies. A Greek ferry is stranded by fire in the Mediterranean, and an airliner is lost over the Java Sea. Both of these disasters are ongoing, so it would…
The Poles and Russians have had a difficult relationship going back centuries. In recent times, the key problem has been competing geopolitical ambitions over the former Soviet republics. Poland wants…
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Associate Professor/Discipline Leader Accident Investigation and Forensics, CQUniversity Australia
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