Floatplane Crash Investigation: Pilot's Decisions & Plane's Crashworthiness
Update: 2025-12-24
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Australian Transport Safety Bureaus interim report on a fatal floatplane crash off Western Australia reveals pilots decision to take an alternative takeoff path, closer to shore, due to perceived milder swells. Four passengers survived by finding an air pocket, while two others escaped through the rear door and a window. The pilot and two passengers did not survive. Investigators are examining the pilots decisions, planes crashworthiness, emergency gear, and the disconnected stall warning system. Final report due in 2026.
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