Tag Archives: ATSB

Technical – ATSB Report – “QF32 – The story behind the story”

13 January, 2018 · by · in Back Stories, QF32 Story, Rolls-Royce, Technical · 16 Comments

My book “QF32” was published in July 2012, about one year before the ATSB published its report into QF32.   Because of this mismatch in time, I was not permitted to publish information discovered by the ATSB that was not already available in the public domain.  Information I included in the “Stub Pipe” chapter was therefore limited […]

Four Years Later ….

20 February, 2015 · by · in Back Stories, Books, News, Personal, QF32 Story · 9 Comments

Four Years Later . . . The thirteenth reprint of QF32 was released just after the 4th anniversary of the QF32 flight.   This latest reprint includes the following text at page 352  … My life has changed since the QF32 event. My greatest reward has been meeting the QF32 passengers worldwide. We share a […]

Air Crash Investigation S13E10 – Qantas 32: Titanic In The Sky

7 March, 2014 · by · in A380, Back Stories, Passengers, Reviews, Teamwork, Technical · 22 Comments

There has been a lot of recent interest in the production entitled “Air Crash Investigation S13E10 – Qantas 32: Titanic In The Sky”.     This program has been broadcast on the National Geographic channel.  Closing Statement At the time of my interview, our story was planned to be the final episode (ever) in the Air […]

QF32 and the Golden Circle

29 June, 2013 · by · in ATSB, Back Stories, Leadership, Management, Motivation, News, Personal, Psychological, QF32 Story, Resources, Rolls-Royce, Teamwork · Leave a comment

In relation to the actions of the pilots and cabin crew, the final ATSB report provides excellent detail about most of WHAT happened.  The critical “HOW they happened” and even more important “WHY they happened” were not included in the report as the outcome was already known and the investigators believed that these analyses would […]

ATSB Final Report on QF32

28 June, 2013 · by · in ATSB, Back Stories, News, QF32 Story, Resources, Rolls-Royce · 2 Comments

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released the final report of its investigation into the QF32 flight of 4 November 2010. Taking 966 days to produce, the 305 page QF32 report is the largest investigation the ATSB has ever conducted using resources from over 10 organisations spanning at least seven countries.   The QF32 repairs […]