Year: 2024

The apparent revelation contained in transcripts of air traffic control recordings seemingly contradicts the views of the pilot of the smaller aircraft.

It comes after Airservices Australia last year claimed it had 100 more air traffic controllers than it required to operate Australia’s network and said shutdowns were a result of a “short-term” and “unplanned” leave of controllers.

It came alongside reports that all 379 passengers and crew travelling on the next-generation Airbus survived, although five crew on a smaller Dash 8 the widebody struck died.

However, an ATSB interim report into the incident concluded that the low concentrations of the drug suggested it would unlikely to have been an “impairment of his psychomotor skills”.

The funding boost will grow overall capacity to 13 bays and means the Hunter Valley could potentially service a global F-35 fleet that’s expected to reach more than 3,000 aircraft.