At about 1330 hours on 21st January, 1961, Cessna 180 aircraft VH-TTU stalled and crashed in mountainous terrain 7 miles south-east of Tumut, New South Wales. The aircraft, owned and operated "by Tumut Air Taxi Service Pty.Ltd., was being flown by William Edward Gill on aerial agricultural operations spreading superphosphate. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was killed. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and was further damaged by fire. A substantial acreage of bushland was destroyed. W.E. Gill, 37 years of age, was the holder of Commercial Pilot Licence No.4041* His total aeronautical…

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has commenced a transport safety investigation into the engine failure incident involving a Qantas 737 aircraft during take-off from Sydney on Friday afternoon. A team of transport safety investigators, with experience in aircraft maintenance, aircraft operations, material failure analysis and data recovery, has commenced the evidence collection phase of this investigation. At the ATSB’s request the operator has quarantined the aircraft’s cockpit voice and flight data…