Marc Joel Atrero

737 Crash Similarities Prompt Investigation: The British Civil Aviation Authority is investigating a possible link between April’s Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 incident in which the fuselgae ripped open in mid-air and the 1981 crash of a 737 over Taiwan which killed 110 passengers and crew when the aircraft disintegrated in flight. Although the CAA has

Learning to Live Together There is almost no equivalent in Australia to the working relationship that exists in aviation between the bureaucracy and the end user. Virtually no other industry is so totally subservient and accountable to its governmental controllers as aviation is. That this relationship has traditionally been largely a stormy one is recorded

When word began to filter through the industry that Air Queensland were selling their four DC-3s that had become legendary in North Queensland, some wild and wonderful stories also began to circulate. “They’re definitely going offshore”, “Ansett have bought them”, “they’re going to be cannibalised for spares”, and so on. The truth is that while

Aerospace Manufacturing and Exports Take Off Manufacturing output from the Australian aerospace industry has increased by over 100% (in real terms) in the last four years whilst exports have increased from about $150 million. These figures are based on a survey of the industry’s performance conducted by officers of the Aerospace Industry Council, the Association

International Air Safety Law, 1988 World Congress On 8 March 1988, after many months of hard work, the Organising Committee publicly launched the ALAA’s International Air Safety Law 1988 World Conference. Patron of the Congress, the Honourable Sir Laurence Street, KCMG, Chief Justice of New South Wales, welcomed sponsors and the large number of contributors

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