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• Aviation law

  Low flying pilot crashes into power line, not liable says court

  A pilot who flew into a steel cable at very low level was not liable for the damage claimed by the passenger owner even though flying below a normal safe height, because he was avoiding cloud closing in upon the helicopter.

  22 March 2014
• Aviation law

  ‘Hobby’ drone in Australia’s first near miss with commercial aircraft

  An "hobby" drone - being flown on an aerial survey of a mine site in Horsham Victoria - came within 100m of colliding with a $200k agricultural aircraft in Australia's first UAV "near miss" in September 2013, according to an ATSB…

  20 March 2014
• Aviation law

  MH370 families in legal limbo over bank funds & insurance payouts, Qld courts have role

  The families of MH370 passengers wanting to manage affairs and access insurance can apply to an Australian court to infer death without waiting for the usual 7 year period for "missing" persons by proving the passenger didn't…

  15 March 2014
• Aviation law

  Qantas and others face more frequent turbulence claims as consequence of climate change

  Several recent turbulence incidents that have resulted in serious injury to crew and passengers indicate that these types of accidents are increasing, possibly due to climate change.

  3 March 2014
• Aviation law

  Telfer windshear exposes passengers to hard landing and causes major aircraft damage

  Telfer mine site aircraft not fully configured for an approach in windshear conditions,exposes passengers to hard landing and suffers structural damage.

  24 February 2014
• Aviation law

  Kazak crash on approach likely due crew errors in poor visibility

  The crash of a Scat Airlines domestic passenger jet on 29 January en route to Almaty in the south east of the country from Kokshetau in the north, appears likely due to crew errors in coping with a difficult approach in adverse…

  31 January 2014
• Aviation law

  International Boeing flight in gear up landing, passengers injured in evacuation

  Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft made a low approach to the airport after gear would not extend. The resulting landing was made with 'gear up' and 29 passengers were injured mainly from the evacuation.

  10 January 2014
• Aviation law

  Trans African crash kills 34 in remote game park, rogue pilot flies plane into ground

  Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM) 470 en route from Maputo in Mozambique on 29 October 2013 to Luanda in Angola crashed killing all 28 passengers and 6 crew.

  18 December 2013
• Aviation law

  Engine failure leads to PNG remote strip forced landing, 3 dead

  A forced landing on a disused strip was the only option available to the Cessna pilot after an engine failure in remote western Papua New Guinea but 3 died as a result.

  1 December 2013
• Aviation law

  Air crew errors responsible for Russian air tragedy

  Crew error responsible for deaths of 44 passengers and six crew on Tartarstan Airlines flight from Moscow flight to Kazan.

  19 November 2013
• Aviation law

  MASwings commuter flight crashes in Sabah, 2 dead and 15 injured

  Twin Otter crash at Kudat Sabah that kills 2 injures 15 caused by pilot error.

  12 October 2013
• Holiday & travel law

  State files appeal in Fraser Island tetraplegia claim

  A spinal injury compensation victory for an Irish tourist arising from an excursion to an inland Fraser Island lake in September 2007 is a subject of an appeal lodged by the state of Queensland against the April ruling that sees…

  27 June 2013

Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.