Key points:
Pilots should maintain knowledge and skills required to avoid unintentional operations in IMC;
If a VFR-rated pilot does find themselves in marginal weather, they should seek whatever assistance is available, including contacting air traffic services.
An incident that saw a student pilot and instructor in a Piper PA-28 encounter deteriorating weather and enter instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) while operating under visual flight rules (VFR) highlights the importance of thorough pre-flight planning, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation notes.
The student pilot (in the left seat) and instructor (in the right hand seat), with a second student pilot (seated in the rear) observing, were conducting a navigation training flight in the PA-28 from Melbourne’s Moorabbin Airport to Warrnambool in western Victoria and return on 25 February 2021, as part of the student’s integrated commercial pilot licence training.
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The Federal government has selected a location in Victoria for a $200 million dedicated quarantine facility which will eventually hold 1,000 beds.
The facility will be built in Mickleham, north of Melbourne, with Finance Minister Simon Birmingham saying it was chosen over the Avalon Airport site due to its proximity to existing infrastructure.
“Fewer environmental considerations in relation to getting approvals, better, closer infrastructure particularly around sewerage management," Mr Birmingham said.
“They’re real considerations the government has to make - if we’re to do this, we want to make sure we do it as quickly as we possibly can.”
The Commonwealth government will be responsible for the building and funding of the facility and plans for its completion by the end of the year.