CAC Plant Reports 1941, numbers 74-85

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1982 Student pilot Philip Henryk Wozniak stole Socata Tobago TB10 VH-BXC of Australian Flying Training School from Bankstown airport on 16 September 1982 and took off. After circling the airport for a short time, he dived the aircraft into the ground, destroying Piaggio P.166 VH-CAC (c/n 375) of Confederate Airways and damaging Douglas C-47-DL (c/n 6108) VH-SBO beyond repair. Nobody on the ground was hurt. Source: aviation-safety.net website

2006 In an incident that raised the matter of regulatory standards and the use of Instrument Landing Systems, at 0038 Western Standard Time on 16 September 2006, Qantas Airbus A330 VH-QPJ landed on runway 21 at Perth Airport in fog conditions that were below the applicable landing standard. The aircraft, on a scheduled passenger flight from Singapore to Perth had to abort landing twice and had insufficient fuel to divert to an alternative airfield. Based on the lack of alternatives, low fuel and the intention to conduct an approach below minima, the crew transmitted a Mayday to ATC and conducted an automatic landing in darkness. Source: ATSB, Aviation Safety Investigation Report AE-2006-05473, 20 August 2007. via aph.gov.au website