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Comments in response to TAS Coroner's condemnation of ATSB report -     

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Ben Cook• Following Director, Human Performance and Safety at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)1w • 1 week ago

Another very disappointing outcome for an ATSB accident investigation report, particularly given the previous extensive and independent review of the ATSB as an outcome of the Pel Air (Norfolk Island ditching) accident report. Taxpayers and grieving families deserve better.

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RIP Nikita Walker - The coroner's inquest into the death of a "talented and conscientious" pilot failed to establish why her aircraft crashed into a mountain but heavily criticised Australia's air safety regulator (ATSB) over its "worthless" report on the tragedy. ATSB investigations and Coronial inquests operate under different aims and jurisdictions. Importantly, in line with ICAO Annex 13 and Aviation's just culture, ATSB investigations seek only factual analysis and do not exist to assign blame in any way. #safetyculture
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Young pilot was 'trying to find a break in the weather' before crashing into mountain

And from AOPA OZ:

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
25 August at 2024
 
TASMANIAN CORONER SLAMS ATSB REPORT AS "WORTHLESS"

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the quality of its accident reporting has been brutally criticised by Coroner Simon Cooper in his findings into the 2018 death of pilot Nikita Walker in Tasmania.

"In short, the ATSB report was of so little use as to be, from my perspective, in the performance of my obligations under the Coroner's Act 1995, worthless. I have no regard to it, other than in a general sense, and specifically disregard the findings it contains.", Coroner Simon Cooper.

AOPA Australia CEO, Benjamin Morgan; "the coroners assessment is a clear indictment of the ATSB and a powerful vindication of the concerns that AOPA Australia has expressed across the past five years,
"It's time for a major clean up of the ATSB so that trust in their reporting can be restored,
"Our association and our national membership extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of the pilot." he said.

BENJAMIN MORGAN
Chief Executive - AOPA Australia
Mobile: 0415 577 724
Email:  ben.morgan@aopa.com.au

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