Jake Nelson

Peter Carter, director of Carter Capner Law and former national president of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, said the incident should “sound alarm bells” for the safety regulator and that Wilson’s family may be entitled to compensation over the incident.

In October 1.3 million passengers passed through the international terminal, representing a 90.3 per cent recovery on October 2019. In the 2023 year to date, Sydney has seen 11.79 million international passengers, compared to 6.1 million at the same point in 2022.

The event on Tuesday was part of the launch of UNSW’s new bachelor of aviation majoring in Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), which combines theory with a practical component facilitated by SLS NSW’s Australian Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Service (AUAVS).

The route, operated daily by 180-seat A320-200 aircraft, will commence in March 2024, complementing AirAsia X’s existing A330 service. Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air Malaysia also offer connections between Perth and Kuala Lumpur.

Individually, Qantas saw an on-time departure rate of just 65.1 per cent in October according to BITRE data, compared to Jetstar at 66.4 per cent and Virgin at 68.9 per cent; however, QF designated services as a whole – which includes QantasLink – had on-time departures of 72.7 per cent.

An investigation by the transport safety watchdog determined that the Robinson R44 VH-IDW, which was on a mission to collect crocodile eggs near the King River in February 2022, likely ran out of fuel while Wilson was in a sling line below the helicopter, causing the engine to stop.