The Caboolture Airfield plane crash happened on Sunday, 22nd March 2014, and killed all 5 on-board including Rahi Hohua, and her fiancé Joey King.
Rahi, 27 and Joey, 32 were engaged to marry, and had six children. The trip was Joey’s gift to his fiancée.
A couple of hours before the crash, Joey updated a social media status, disclosing his fear of skydiving. Within hours of tragedy, Joey’s worried friends returned to Facebook hoping that the plane that crashed was not their friends’.
A Cairns-based aviation maintenance and repair organisation has become the first in Australia to be granted an approval under new air safety regulations.
Hawker Pacific Airline Support Services now has approval to operate under new maintenance regulations introduced in June 2011.
These regulations cover the maintenance of regular public transport aircraft and aeronautical products.
CASA’s Director of Aviation Safety, John McCormick, has presented Hawker Pacific Airline Support Services with their new Civil Aviation Safety Regulations Part 145 approval certificate.
The presentation was made in Cairns on Wednesday 24 August 2011.
“The finalisation of the first approval under the new maintenance regulations is a major milestone for Australian aviation,” Mr McCormick said.
“Between now and June 2013 a total of 250 maintenance organisations will move across to operate under the new Part 145 regulations.
“They will all benefit from operating within a regulatory framework that enhances safety, offers increased flexibility and aligns with international practices.
“The regulations enhance safety because they introduce requirements for safety management systems and human factors training into the maintenance sector for the first time. The new rules are also clearer, which will improve compliance with safety standards.
“Hawker Pacific Airline Support Services has undertaken a lot of work to win this approval and CASA carefully reviewed their documentation and carried out on site inspections.
“I congratulate Hawker Pacific Airline Support Services for being the first to be granted an approval under Part 145 of the maintenance regulations and look forward to the smooth transition of all the other relevant maintenance organisations by the middle of 2013.”
Hawker Pacific Airline Support Services carries out maintenance of Bombardier DHC-8 and Embraer 120 aircraft in Cairns.
The new maintenance regulations introduced under Part 145 only cover the maintenance of regular public transport aircraft and aeronautical products fitted to those aircraft. CASA will develop new maintenance regulations for other sectors of aviation after further consultation with the industry.
New regulations covering Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and maintenance training organisations were also introduced in June 2011.
A JU-Air plane crashed on the Piz Segnas mountain in Switzerland, on August 4th.
The incident happened when the plane was heading from Locarno to Dubendorf, Switzerland.
There were seventeen passengers and three crew members aboard at the time; all of them were killed in the crash.
The accident is under investigation.
What: Japanese Coast Guard Bell 412EP “Akizuru”
Where: off Kagawa, Shikoku Japan
When: August 8 2010
Who: 5 occupants 4 fatalities
Why: Akizuru hit offshore power lines and crashed into the sea. The five member crew was missing; but the remains of 4 were found by searchers. One is still missing.
update:
On July 07, 2013, a Rediske Air Inc deHavilland DHC-3 Otter with 10 aboard was taking off from Soldotna Airport Alaska. THe crash was reported at 11:23 a.m.
Nikiski pilot Willy Rediske and nine passengers died on impact. The crash occurred at Funny River Road. By the time Soldotna police, fire and medic personnel with Central Emergency Services and Alaska State Troopers responded, the plane was on fire.
First responders are notifying family members and retrieving remains.
Investigator Brice Banning who had been targeting the Asiana Airlines crash will instead be launching the Soldotna crash investigation.
Aircraft Details:
What: Mi-8 helicopter
Where: Billings, Chukotka region Russia
When: July 25 2011
Who: 5 passengers, 3 fatalities
Why: On a standard operational flight on the Chukotka border, the Mi-8 helicopter developed engine problems and then one engine shut down. The pilot lost control of the helicopter and it crashed in Kamchatka, and caught on fire on impact.
Doctors and paramedics were flown in to the site.
One crew member and two passengers died on the scene. There were two survivors, the crew commander and the co-pilot.
THe chopper is reported by news agencies as belonging to a local airline.
