Staff reporter

Three people, including the pilot, were killed when the Cessna 208 Caravan, VH-WTY, hit the water during an attempted take-off from Thomson Bay on 7 January. According to the ATSB, survivability, the Cessna’s crashworthiness, and procedures and risk controls are all under the microscope.

Awarded as an undefinitised contract action, the deal covers a suite of essential sustainment activities for US and international operators. This includes depot-level maintenance and repair, replenishment of spare parts, material management, engineering and technical support, propulsion system integration and ongoing software sustainment.

Delivered by Space Connect with support of principal partner Space Centre Australia, the agenda is designed to interrogate the major policy decisions, capability challenges and commercial opportunities emerging across the sector.

Civil works and new roads are now finished for the new Milton Precinct, which the airport estimates will provide $134.1 million to the local economy in the first 10 years, and $42.5 million in output from new businesses per year.

NASA has modified its contract with the aerospace and defence prime, which in 2014 awarded Boeing up to six crewed flights to the ISS, cutting the deal to four missions with options for two more while the upcoming mission in April 2026 will be uncrewed.

The aircraft, B-2472, was carrying Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on a parliamentary visit. Arriving in Brisbane on Saturday from New Zealand, it flew to Canberra on Monday before leaving the country on Tuesday.