Pilot in fatal crash overcome by carbon monoxide
A Sidney mother says she never doubted her son wasn’t responsible for a fatal crash in Australia in 2017 that killed six.
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A Sidney mother says she never doubted her son wasn’t responsible for a fatal crash in Australia in 2017 that killed six.
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Key points Pilot’s ability to control the aircraft likely significantly degraded due to carbon monoxide exposure; Cracks in aircraft exhaust and holes in firewall very likely allowed carbon monoxide to enter the aircraft cabin; ATSB recommends mandated fitment of recording devices in smaller passenger aircraft, active CO detectors in piston aircraft. Carbon monoxide exposure likely significantly degraded the ability of the pilot of a Beaver floatplane to safely operate the aircraft before it collided with water in Jerusalem Bay on the Hawkesbury north of Sydney in December 2017, fatally inj...