In April 2018, experienced pilot Philip O’Driscoll crashed his helicopter, a Bell UH-1H registered VH-HUE, during a lifting operation to move a large drill-rig in NSW’s Snowy Mountains.

Captain Brandon Fisher is seeking US$10 million ($14.9 million) in damages from Boeing for personal injury, defamation, emotional distress, and other complaints over “reprehensible and inaccurate” statements the company made following the incident on Alaska Airlines flight 1282.

Research co-led by the University of Oxford, published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, says airlines could dramatically cut their carbon footprints by using more fuel-efficient planes, increasing load factors, and moving to all-economy layouts.

Exercise Kenney Strikes Back saw USAF C-17 Globemaster IIIs, operated by 62nd Airlift Wing, loaded with high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) from 10th Brigade’s 14th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery alongside Australian Army Bushmasters and US Army MRZR all-terrain vehicles.