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CASA is the Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is...
Australian federal agency responsible for the regulation of private and commercial flight. It was established on July 6 1995 when the air safety functions of the former Civil Aviation Authority of Australia were separated from its other regulatory functions (which then went to Airservices Australia).
CASA licences pilots, ground crew, and aircraft and airfield operators, and is responsible for enforcing safety requirements under the Commonwealth Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the Air Navigation Act 1920. Although a body corporate distinct from the Commonwealth Government, CASA is responsible to the Federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services.
CASA needs to understand why the number of total number of fault reports is falling to be able to take action to address the situation.
The CivilAviationSafetyAuthority is to require amendments to procedures within Ansett Australia as a result of problems discovered in the airline`s maintenance area; CASA`s action follows early findings from a special investigation into Ansett`s missed 767-200 aircraft inspections.
The AustralianCivilAviationSafetyAuthority (CASA) hit out at its critics, declaring Australia still has an air safety system which is the envy of the rest of the world; independent statistics show it is twice as safe to fly on a scheduled airline flight in Australia than Europe or North America.
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