Aero-Tropics Air Services Flight 675
2005 aviation accident
On 7 May 2005, Aero-Tropics Air Services Flight 675 crashed while on approach to land at Lockhart River Airport in Queensland, Australia, on a ridge known as South Pap 6 nautical miles (11 km) north-west of the airport. All thirteen passengers and 2 crew on board died as the aircraft was completely destroyed by impact forces and subsequent fire. The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner commuter aircraft, registered VH-TFU, was owned by Transair Ltd and operated by Aero-Tropics. The flight was scheduled from Bamaga on Cape York to the regional centre of Cairns, with a stopover in Lockhart River. It was the worst air crash in Australia in 36 years since MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 on 31 December 1968. The event is sometimes known as the Lockhart River air disaster.
Investigation
The Queensland Coroner's Inquest in 2007 found that despite evidence that there were a number of issues leading up to the crash, pilot error was the prime cause. "Aircraft engine and flight control system parameters were normal" during the descent, and no other structural defects were determined according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (2007). Families of those who lost their lives in the disaster have been highly critical of the Coroner's findings, the deficiencies in the operations of the regulator (the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, CASA), and the poor company structure and practices of Transair Ltd.
The investigation was aided by flight information from the aircraft's flight data recorder.
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