Radar og sikkerhet - Australia

En gang var det en direktør i Luftfartsverkets luftfartsinspeksjon som sa at radar ikke hadde med sikkerhet å gjøre, men hadde kun med regulariteten å gjøre. Vel, noe husker man i løpet av et liv og den der glemmer jeg iallefall ikke.

'Eventually there will be an accident'

Thousands of planes are 'flying blind without radar' when they land at regional airports because Airservices Australia has refused to comply with safety instructions, aviator and entrepreneur Dick Smith has warned. 

The millionaire and former chairman of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority claimed that lives are being put at risk because the AA has been 'completely irresponsible' in not implementing a 2004 ministerial safety directive relating to radar at 10 airports. 

Albury, Alice Springs, Coffs Harbour, Hamilton Island, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Maroochydore, Rockhampton and Tamworth airports currently do not use radar for incoming flights.  

'They have to obey the ministerial directive and they have not obeyed it purely so they can make more profits,' Mr Smith told Daily Mail Australia. 

He warned the AA board members that not implementing radar technology means 'they will be personally liable and they will lose their houses' if an accident occurs.  

The implementation was supposed to have taken one year but has still not been carried out after 10 years. 

Mr Smith said that although there have not been any accidents because of a lack of radar so far, it is only a matter of time.