CASA Orders Qantas Mx Actions

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is telling Qantas Airlines to make a variety of improvements in its aircraft maintenance practices after a special review by the agency. “The review found maintenance performance within Qantas is showing some adverse trends and is now below the airline’s own benchmarks,” says Mick Quinn, CASA deputy CEO operations. While the airline comes up with a plan to address the “deficiencies” and examines its maintenance procedures, CASA will perform a maintenance audit on a Boeing 747-400, a 737-400 and a 767-300. A second audit will focus on Qantas management of maintenance systems and airworthiness directives. “By taking action now future safety problems will be avoided,” Quinn says, adding that the CASA review “did not find any direct links between recent safety incidents, including the 747-400 oxygen bottle failure near Manila, or any increase in the rate of incidents. They were unrelated events — there was no apparent common cause.”
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