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MELBOURNE: The regulator of Australian aviation safety has interrupted up to 15 days the operations of a small plane manufactured by Mahindra Aerospace following an accident in Sweden, which killed nine people earlier this month.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) said that it had suspended the operations of all GippsAero GA8 aircraft in Australia and all GA8 aircraft registered in Australia flying at the same time. 39, a foreigner from July 20th to August 3rd.
The GA8 single engine aircraft, built in Australia by GippsAero, is typically used for skydiving, tourism, air patrols, medical evacuations and humanitarian missions in remote areas, according to the Mahindra Aerospace website.
An emergency services boat carrying wreckage parts arrives at a harbor near the site, where a small sports plane carrying nine people aboard crashed on the Ume River near the harbor. Umea, Sweden, July 14, 2019. TT / Samuel Pettersson News Agency via REUTERS
There are 228 GA8 aircraft in the world, 63 of which are registered in Australia, said CASA.
Mahindra Aerospace, a unit of the Mahindra and Mahindra Indian groups, said CASA's decision was a precaution at the preliminary investigation in Sweden, with which GippsAero cooperated.
"The preliminary investigation did not identify the root cause of the incident," said GippsAero Chief Executive Officer Keith Douglas in a statement.
Parts of the wreckage recovered from the site where a plane crashed from GippsAero Airvan carrying paratroopers are transported to the accident investigation team at the site. Umea Airport, Umea, Sweden, 15 July 2019. Press Agency TT / Erik Abel via REUTERS
Nine Swedes were killed when an GA8, dubbed Airvan 8, crashed during a skydiving near Umea, in northern Sweden on July 14th.
CASA stated that it was working closely with the Swedish authorities and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which also issued an emergency directive to the European Union. owners and operators of European GA8 aircraft, asking them to suspend their operations, with the exception of ferry flights.
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