Peter Newington will oversee the business’ aviation and critical services portfolio, having previously worked at CareFlight managing patient transfer and aerial firefighting.
Poor visibility which caused a "wall of cloud" may have contributed to a fatal helicopter accident at Mount Disappointment, north of Melbourne, which killed five people in March.
A number of Australian businesses have joined the ranks of Greenbird - an industry consortium working to establish advanced air mobility (AAM) solutions, or air taxis, in Australia.
The helicopter crashed on 28 February at King River, in the Northern Territory's West Arnhem Land, with one pilot onboard, and a second who had been suspended below the helicopter in a harness, during a crocodile egg retrieval mission.
The report into the December 2020 incident concluded the adverse conditions or potentially “inappropriate” pilot actions led to the helicopter’s rotor blade colliding with its main rotor shaft.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has commenced an investigation after a helicopter crashed near Kiandra in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains region, killing both people onboard.
