Safety

Fatal hypoxia crash: Operator ‘encouraged’ high-altitude flights with defective aircraft

By 2025-06-19T10:12:00

Cloncurry Gulfstream accident-c-ATSB

Source: ATSB

Australian investigators have determined that an aerial mapping company deliberately allowed a Gulfstream 695A to continue operating at high altitude despite a known pressurisation problem, before a fatal accident attributed to pilot hypoxia.

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