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Week two of Minister Chester

Yesterday Chester made his first official presser related to aviation safety..

Flight emergency at Melbourne Airport

Media Release
DC003/2016
01 March 2016

The Australian Government has confirmed a plane to Melbourne landed safely following an incident on a domestic flight.

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said the Tiger Airways flight registered an emergency on approach to Melbourne.

"Tiger Airlines flight TGW 511 reported an odour in the cockpit and cabin just before 10am this morning on a flight from Brisbane to Melbourne," Mr Chester said.
"There were reports that crew members were taken ill.

"Emergency plans at the airport were immediately activated; the flight was provided priority landing and the flight landed safety around 10am.

"Fire and emergency services were on standby and the Victoria Ambulance attended to a number of passengers.

"Airservices and the Victoria state emergency services worked seamlessly in parallel today to ensure the safety of the passengers and crew onboard.

"The Australian Transport Safety Bureau will now investigate the incident," Mr Chester said.

 
I don't know about anyone else but I find that MR a positive sign that the Minister is engaging with his responsibilities to overseeing aviation safety...
I also like the fact that he has effectively told Beaker that the ATSB will investigate
And so they shall, inputted today on ATSB Aviation investigation webpage:

Investigation number: AO-2016-016

Investigation status: Active
 

• Summary
  

Summary
The ATSB is investigating a fumes event involving a Tiger Airways Airbus, VH-VNO, near Melbourne, Victoria, on 1 March 2016.

During descent to Melbourne, the crew declared a PAN due to report of fumes in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely at Melbourne. No passengers were affected, but one cabin crew member became unwell.

As part of the investigation, the ATSB will interview the crew and gather additional information.

A report will be released within several months.
 
General details
Date: 01 Mar 2016
 
Investigation status: Active
 
Time: 09:33 ESuT
 
Investigation type: Occurrence Investigation
 
Location   (show map): near Melbourne Airport
 
Occurrence type: Fumes
 
State: VIC
 
Occurrence category: Incident
 
Report status: Pending
 
Highest injury level: None
 
Expected completion: May 2016 
 
Aircraft details
Aircraft manufacturer: Airbus
 
Aircraft model: A320-232
 
Aircraft registration: VH-VNO
 
Serial number: 4053
 
Operator: Tiger Airways Australia
 
Type of operation: Air Transport High Capacity
 
Sector: Jet
 
Damage to aircraft: Nil
 
Departure point: Brisbane, Qld
Destination: Melbourne, Vic.
 
 
 


Last update 02 March 2016

Minister take note No2.

From the latest AOPA - From the Prez Feb-Mar '16 - these are some of the issues that you are going to have to get your head around..




MTF...P2