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Guilty verdict reached for three defendants in MH17 trial
The Dutch court found Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Leonid Kharchenko guilty of murdering the 298 people on board flight MH17, which was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile.
Read moreRoyal Commission reveals high RAAF suicide numbers
| 1 Comment on Royal Commission reveals high RAAF suicide numbersLast year alone, 100 current or former RAAF personnel suffered some sort of “suicide-related event” – the highest count of all three services.
Read moreNo pre-existing defects on Bell 206 in fatal crash
The incident killed one man – who has yet to be publicly identified – and saw the five-seat Bell 206 roll before descending and crashing into a riverbank near Maitland.
Read morePilots receive their wings at RAAF Base Pearce
The ‘graduation’ was marked by flypasts of Pilatus PC-21 and Hawk 127 training aircraft and a parade led by the Western Australian Police Pipe Band on 4 November.
Read moreMelbourne Airport international recovery sluggish in October
/ | 2 Comments on Melbourne Airport international recovery sluggish in OctoberThe new data backs up industry-wide figures released by the Department of Transport that suggests Australia’s international recovery is stalling, despite domestic bouncing back to near-normal levels.
Read moreAirport firefighters win right to strike over Christmas
/ | 7 Comments on Airport firefighters win right to strike over ChristmasThe move has the potential to cause significant delays and cancellations for passengers during what is traditionally one of the busiest periods of the year for domestic aviation.
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