The what the Heck accident (cont)..
Heck Field near Jacobs Well. Home of the salubrious Gold Coast Sports Flying Club. Recently a Pipistrel (Virus) took off from there, crashed and burned, killing one, seriously injuring another.
That's it – the rest just whispers on the wind – nothing substantial. The silence surrounding this accident is deafening. Even on the UP there are only two posts after the initialising report. Fascinating – when you look back at some of the comment count on other, similar events. You have to wonder why. Two comments against the usual two pages (give or take).
One whisper is a thing which one simply files as 'interesting'. But when that 'whisper' is repeated from different sources, then it becomes worth a question. Still operating strictly within the gossip file here, but it has my curiosity bump active. FWIW – the question begging an answer is - 'are substantial funds being spent on heavy duty lawyers, relating to this event? A simple Yes or No will suffice.
If rumour is true then it raises other questions, like Why?. If rumour turns out to be rubbish, then the remaining curiosities and silence are still matters of interest. They will remain so until an investigation into a fatal accident reaches a satisfactory conclusion, supported by a semi independent ATSB report. We had an almost hysterical response to the Angel Flight fatal – Senate committee and everything else thrown at it; Buckley's flight school attempts down the tubes without so much as a satisfactory explanation – but anything RA Oz goes dark. Why is there so little interest in the statistics for LSA operations from the masters of numbers at ATSB?
There has been a fatal – yet another LSA involved. There has been a fire – yet another LSA. An engine failure is suspected – it is a Rotax model which has featured in many incidents. RA Oz deem that the results of 'their' investigation should be passed on to only their members. Is this good enough for a first world aviation community?
Billions have been spent to develop 'safety management systems' (SMS) designed to prevent aircraft crashing, burning and killing folks. A big part of that system is open, transpt reporting, impartial investigation; followed by published reporting of the facts. It is an essential ingredient of preventing a repeat performance. So WTD is going on (or not) and why?
Toot – toot.
Heck Field near Jacobs Well. Home of the salubrious Gold Coast Sports Flying Club. Recently a Pipistrel (Virus) took off from there, crashed and burned, killing one, seriously injuring another.
That's it – the rest just whispers on the wind – nothing substantial. The silence surrounding this accident is deafening. Even on the UP there are only two posts after the initialising report. Fascinating – when you look back at some of the comment count on other, similar events. You have to wonder why. Two comments against the usual two pages (give or take).
One whisper is a thing which one simply files as 'interesting'. But when that 'whisper' is repeated from different sources, then it becomes worth a question. Still operating strictly within the gossip file here, but it has my curiosity bump active. FWIW – the question begging an answer is - 'are substantial funds being spent on heavy duty lawyers, relating to this event? A simple Yes or No will suffice.
If rumour is true then it raises other questions, like Why?. If rumour turns out to be rubbish, then the remaining curiosities and silence are still matters of interest. They will remain so until an investigation into a fatal accident reaches a satisfactory conclusion, supported by a semi independent ATSB report. We had an almost hysterical response to the Angel Flight fatal – Senate committee and everything else thrown at it; Buckley's flight school attempts down the tubes without so much as a satisfactory explanation – but anything RA Oz goes dark. Why is there so little interest in the statistics for LSA operations from the masters of numbers at ATSB?
There has been a fatal – yet another LSA involved. There has been a fire – yet another LSA. An engine failure is suspected – it is a Rotax model which has featured in many incidents. RA Oz deem that the results of 'their' investigation should be passed on to only their members. Is this good enough for a first world aviation community?
Billions have been spent to develop 'safety management systems' (SMS) designed to prevent aircraft crashing, burning and killing folks. A big part of that system is open, transpt reporting, impartial investigation; followed by published reporting of the facts. It is an essential ingredient of preventing a repeat performance. So WTD is going on (or not) and why?
Toot – toot.