Point of order M’Lud.
The ATSB report – HERE – details an engine fire event suffered by one of Cobham’s RJ 100 fleet. The warning systems and aircrew have all worked well and the aircraft was returned to base. Good job and well done all around.
Naturally enough, everyone wants to know the why’s and the wherefores, so there is an investigation and now, the report. It is a good effort from the ATSB and provides an example of just how fine a line ATSB investigators must tread when dealing with ‘liability’. On first reading the report, I thought ‘well – OK, but what’s the upshot, where’s the conclusion? Until you realise that apart from providing the facts and reporting the analysis, ATSB cannot make matters much clearer than they did, even a lay person can see the potential for legal nightmare; and, had the ATSB drawn inference or conclusion, well you can see the dilemma. So well done that ATSB investigator.
Now Ben Sandilands over at Crickey has written an article on the PLANE Talking blog which is ‘interesting’ in that it mentions the CASA response to the incident. Have a read of the ATSB report, then the article. I can’t see why CASA would want to become embroiled in a prosecution, I can, just, see Ben’s point, but I fail to see anything of value other an expensive legal nightmare resulting from direct action by CASA – in this case.
Anyway – FWIW, if time allows, have a scamper through both: personally, I think I may have to agree to disagree with Ben on this one. Handing over.
Toot toot......
The ATSB report – HERE – details an engine fire event suffered by one of Cobham’s RJ 100 fleet. The warning systems and aircrew have all worked well and the aircraft was returned to base. Good job and well done all around.
Naturally enough, everyone wants to know the why’s and the wherefores, so there is an investigation and now, the report. It is a good effort from the ATSB and provides an example of just how fine a line ATSB investigators must tread when dealing with ‘liability’. On first reading the report, I thought ‘well – OK, but what’s the upshot, where’s the conclusion? Until you realise that apart from providing the facts and reporting the analysis, ATSB cannot make matters much clearer than they did, even a lay person can see the potential for legal nightmare; and, had the ATSB drawn inference or conclusion, well you can see the dilemma. So well done that ATSB investigator.
Now Ben Sandilands over at Crickey has written an article on the PLANE Talking blog which is ‘interesting’ in that it mentions the CASA response to the incident. Have a read of the ATSB report, then the article. I can’t see why CASA would want to become embroiled in a prosecution, I can, just, see Ben’s point, but I fail to see anything of value other an expensive legal nightmare resulting from direct action by CASA – in this case.
Anyway – FWIW, if time allows, have a scamper through both: personally, I think I may have to agree to disagree with Ben on this one. Handing over.
Toot toot......