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The world changed forever when
the Wright brothers took to the
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sky on the 17th of December 1903
They showed us what their flying
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machine could do. Their historic
first flight lasted just 12
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seconds and covered 40 meters.
From that humble beginning the
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aviation industry has developed
into one of the largest and
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fastest growing in the world.
At any given time there are 9700
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planes and one point two million
people in the sky. So it's no
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surprise that last year
the aviation industry generated
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global revenue of over
900 billion dollars as well as
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providing over 65 million
jobs worldwide. And all this has
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happened in less than 120 years.
Airplanes have also come a long
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way since the Wright brothers
first flight in their simple
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design plane the Wright Flyer.
In fact, the wing span of an air
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bus, the largest commercial air
liner, is double the length of
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the Wright brothers original
flight. And the average Boeing
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747 has around 280 kilometers
of wiring and six million parts.
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That's certainly a lot more
technical and sophisticated than
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the original Wright Flyer. The
airline industry's safety record
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has also improved significantly
over the past 100 years. The
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first fatal aviation accident
involving a powered aircraft
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was the crash of a Wright model
A aircraft in 1908. The plane
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was piloted by Orville Wright,
one of the Wright brothers. The
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crash injured Orville and killed
the passenger Thomas Selfridge.
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But today flying is the safest
way to travel. Traveling by
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plane is 10 times safer than
making a trip by train and 19
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times safer than in a car. The
chance of you boarding a flight
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that will be in a fatal accident
is one in seven million. How did
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flying got so safe and reliable?
Well in part because previous
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accidents triggered crucial
safety improvements and one of
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those accidents whose influence
is felt each time you step on a
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plane happened right
here. This is the story of Trans
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Australian Airline flight 538
that crashed into the sea near
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Mackay on the 10th of June 1960
killing all 29 people on board.
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Join me as we take a look
at the mysterious circumstances
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surrounding Australia's worst
civil aviation disaster. It's
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real, it's tragic and it's
relevant, because it carries a
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special message for us today.
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Mackay is a relaxed coastal town
located on the east coast of
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Australia about 950 kilometers
north of Brisbane along the
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banks of the Pioneer River.
The area is known as the Mackay
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Sunday region and has been
nicknamed the sugar capital of
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Australia because it produces
more than a third of Australia's
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sugar. The region is also famous
for its endless nature and
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wildlife. There's kilometers of
pristine rain forest, cool fresh
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water gorges and splendid sandy
beaches. There's over 860 plant
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species and 330 bird species.
There are platypus in its clear
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rain forest rivers and wallaby's
and kangaroos on its sandy
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beaches. The city was named
after pioneering explorer John
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Mackay who was the leader of
the first expedition into the
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Pioneer Valley in 1860.
Interestingly almost a hundred
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years before Mackay explored the
region Captain James Cook was
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one of the first European
explorers to navigate the Mackay
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coast in June of 1770. John
Mackay was born in Inverness
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Scotland and moved to Australia
with his parents when he was 15
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years old. The family settled
in the New England district of
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what was then the British
colony of New South Wales where
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Mackay's father bought a
property near Uralla. In 1860
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Mackay led a party of eight men
to explore the area surrounding
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the Pioneer River along
the central Queensland coast.
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They left Uralla in January
of 1860 and arrived in Gladstone
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two months later and then
Rockhampton two weeks after
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that. In Rockhampton two of the
group left the expedition and
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the remaining six made their
way north across the Gordsound
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ranges and up the Ibek River.
Much of the land in that region
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had already been marked out by
a previous expedition and Mackay
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and his group turned northeast.
They discovered a coastal valley
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and after several days' journey
they came to the banks of a
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large river. They named the
river Mackay River, known today
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as the Pioneer River in honor
of John Mackay's father, and
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followed it north and then
east before finally discovering
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vast grassy plains which they
named the Main Plains. These
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plains were located in the area
where the town of Mackay and
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its suburbs are now situated.
In the weeks following their
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discovery the group began
marking out room for themselves.
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John Mackay marked out large
portions of land on the south
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end of the Pioneer River
for himself which he named the
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Greenmount and Cape Palmerston
runs. John Mackay became the
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first European settler in
the region and took up residence
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here on the Greenmount station
on the southern side of the
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Pioneer River in 1861. In the
late 19th century the region of
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Mackay was best known as
Queensland's largest producer of
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beef within the Australian
colonies. It was also known for
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its sugar industry. Today the
region operates four sugar mills
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which process millions of
tons of sugar cane. It's during
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_ cane farmers provide a
staggering 6.5 million tons of
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cane to factories for processing
from approximately 86,000
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hectares of farmland.
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On the 10th of June
1960 Trans Australian
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Airlines flight 538 was
scheduled to fly from Brisbane
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to Mackay on the central
Queensland coast. The flight had
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two planned stops on the way
one in Maryborough and another
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in Rockhampton. The flight took
off as scheduled at 5 p.m. local
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time with Captain S.E. Pallar
and first officer G.L. Davis
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in the cockpit. They had an
uneventful flight to Maryborough
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and then on to Rockhampton. They
arrived at Rockhampton airport
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at 7:12 p.m. and welcomed 16 new
passengers on board bringing the
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total passenger manifest to
25. Nine of the passengers that
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boarded in Rockhampton were
school boys, some as young as
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nine years old. They
were boarders at Rockhampton
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Grammar School and were flying
home to Mackay for the Queen's
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birthday long weekend. While
on the ground in Rockhampton the
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crew received a weather forecast
from the Mackay. The forecast
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predicted shallow patches of fog
which could contribute to poor
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visibility at ground level.
As a precaution, the plane was
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refueled bringing the total fuel
load to 700 gallons. The extra
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fuel gave the pilot the option
of flying further north to
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Townsville in the event that
ground conditions in Mackay were
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not suitable for a landing.
Finally, the plane was ready for
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takeoff and left Rockhampton
at 7:52 p.m. climbing to an
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the altitude of 13,000 feet or
about 4000 meters for the last
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leg of their journey to Mackay.
By 8:17 p.m. that night the air
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traffic controller at Mackay,
A.W. Mistle noted heavy fog
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rolling into the airport. The
Mackay Airport is located right
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next to the ocean and flights
approach the runway over the sea
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making landings at night with
poor visibility quite tricky.
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Deciding that ground conditions
were not favorable for safe
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takeoff or landing
Mistle temporarily shut down the
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airport. A few minutes later TAA
flight 538 contacted the control
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tower in Mackay to let them know
that they were ready to make
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their descent into Mackay.
Mistle informed Pallar of the
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conditions on the ground and
Pallar told him that he would
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hold the aircraft over Mackay
and wait for visibility to
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improve. By 8:40 p.m. Pallar
began notifying Mistle that the
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aircraft was over the Mackay
airport. It was a clear moonlit
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night but there were thick
ribbons of fog hugging close to
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the ground. For the passengers
looking out into the night
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everything would have appeared
calm. The ocean was like a still
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glass plate lying quietly in the
moonlight completely calm and
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unruffled. Pallar attempted
to land the plane twice but both
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times he was forced to abort the
landing. The fog was too thick
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and too close to the ground
along the coastline making it
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difficult for him to see the
runway on the final approach.
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So he continued
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to hold the plane over
Mackay until 10 p.m. Finally at
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10 p.m. Mistle radioed Pallar
to let him know that ground
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conditions were changing. The
fog was beginning to thin out
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making it easier to see the
runway. Pallar acknowledged the
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message and told Mistle that he
would begin his third approach
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to the airport. Following
protocol Mistle radioed the
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airport fire service asking
for a ground temperature report.
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He then radioed Pallar to let
him know that the temperature on
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the ground in Mackay was 13
degrees Celsius. He was greeted
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with radio silence. Mistle
radioed Pallar with the weather
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report again noting that the
time was 10:05 p.m. Once again
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he was greeted with silence.
Five minutes later at 10:10 p.m.
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Mistle activated protocols
to launch a search and rescue
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operation. At 3 a.m. on the 11th
of June five hours after the
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search and rescue operation
began parts of the wreckage of
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the plane were discovered by
a motor launch equipped with a
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search light. The wreckage which
included passenger seats, items
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of clothing and cabin
furnishings was floating on the
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ocean about five nautical miles
due east of Mackay airport.
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between Roundtop Island and
Flattop Island. The Navy ship
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H.M.S. Warrior arrived on the
12th of June to begin searching
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for the sunken parts of the
aircraft. In Mackay flags were
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flown at half-mast and the city
was plunged into mourning. Many
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of the passengers had been
locals including the nine young
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boys who had boarded at
Rockhampton. Small groups of
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onlookers, family and friends
gathered along the shore to
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watch the Navy ship and other
ships as they carried out their
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salvage operation. At 4:20
p.m. on the 12th of June divers
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discovered major sections of the
aircraft 13 meters underwater.
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It took two weeks to salvage the
wreck. Late in July a board of
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accident inquiry was appointed
to investigate the circumstances
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that led to the crash.
Investigators were allowed time
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to sift through the wreckage
for about four months before the
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board of inquiry officially
opened on the 4th of October
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1960. After listening to hours
of testimony and examining reams
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of evidence the inquiry could
not determine the cause of the
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accident. It looked like the
plane had flown into the ocean
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for no apparent reason. The
board focused its attention on
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several theories connected
to the altimeter. Now the
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altimeter's function is to tell
the pilot the altitude of the
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aircraft. The board of inquiry
into the TAA flight 538 crash
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speculated that the altimeter
had malfunctioned giving out a
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false reading of the aircraft's
altitude. Another theory was
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that the pilot has misread or
misinterpreted the readings of
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the three point altimeter. This
led the board to speculate that
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perhaps the crash was a
result of controlled flight into
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terrain meaning that Captain
Pallar misread his instruments
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and simply flew his plane
straight into the ocean. Several
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other theories cropped up as
well but nobody knew for certain
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what had happened. As the Mackay
community mourned the loss of
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life the board of accident
inquiry into the crash revealed
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its findings and made several
recommendations. One of the
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strongest recommendations
they made was that flight data
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recorders be made a mandatory
feature of all passenger
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aircraft. The board concluded
that a flight data recorder
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would have provided
investigators with information
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that could have helped them to
determine the exact cause of the
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accident. Taking on board this
recommendation Australia became
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the first country in the
world to mandate the carriage of
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cockpit voice recorders on
passenger aircrafts. Today every
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passenger aircraft is required
to carry two flight recorders
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and mandatory regulations are
overseen by the international
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civil aviation authority. Flight
recorders or black boxes as they
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are commonly known today are
located in the rear fuselage of
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of the aircraft. This location
increases the probability of
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successfully retrieving the data
after a crash. An interesting
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fact about the black box is that
it is actually bright orange.
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The term black box originated
during World War II. It was
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adopted by members of the
RAF to describe any navigational
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instruments or aids that
were used by British and Allied
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combat aircraft. Most often
these instruments were sealed
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inside nonreflective black boxes
Trans Australian Airlines flight
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538 still remains Australia's
worst civil aviation disaster
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by loss of life. It is also
one of the most mysterious civil
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aviation disasters in history
because it's cause is still
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undetermined. Today
black box flight recorders help
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investigators to understand what
happened inside the aircraft
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shortly before it crashed.
The data gathered from these
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recorders provides clarity in
the aftermath of a crash and can
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help prevent the recurrence of
similar crashes. Clarity and the
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means to prevent a recurrence
are perhaps two of the most
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important functions of flight
data recorders. After a crash
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so many people look for answers.
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They want to understand what
happened and whether or not it
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could have been prevented
and why if it could have been
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prevented it wasn't. Answers
don't restore the lives that
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were lost but they can ensure
the safety of thousands of
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others. The Bible is perhaps
the most accurate black box in
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history. It provides a narrative
that answers some of life's most
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important questions and in doing
so provide confident hope to all
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who turn its pages. Every human
being grapples with five major
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questions in life:...
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The Bible provides clear and
comprehensive answers to each of
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these questions. In Genesis
chapter one and verse one the
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Bible gives us a concise
but clear answer regarding the
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question of our
origins. It says...
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Then further down in the same
chapter it gives us the answer
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to the question of meaning.
Genesis chapter one and verse
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27 says...
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The biblical narrative of
creation and purpose doesn't
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just give us a sense or origin
and meaning but it also provides
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us with a sense of intrinsic
worth. To be created in the
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image of the eternal creator God
is to have value and be valued.
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And if ever there was a time
in history when we have needed a
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message of value, meaning and
purpose it's now. The Bible then
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goes on to give us answers
to the question of the origin of
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evil and suffering.
Jesus addresses it in a short
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statement in Matthew chapter 13
and verses 27 and 28. Using the
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imagery of a parable Jesus
explains where the weeds of sin
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and suffering have come
from. Here's what he said...
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And later on in the same passage
he explains who the enemy is.
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Using the parable of the wheat
and tares in Matthew chapter 13
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Jesus paints a picture of a
cosmic struggle taking place
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between the forces of good and
evil which gives us a backdrop
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and context for the suffering
and evil we find in our world
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today. The Bible also provides
answers to the questions of
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morality and destiny. In Matthew
chapter five and verse 17 Jesus
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says this...
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Jesus points to the great moral
law given by God himself as not
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only binding but still relevant
to the challenges we face in
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life today. The 10 commandments
are still God's moral compass
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to guide us today. Finally in
John 14 verses 1-3 Jesus gives
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the answer to the
question of destiny.
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The destiny of every person
created in the image of God is
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eternity. When we look at
the world around us and see the
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suffering, turmoil and despair
it can be difficult to picture
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through the debris and find hope
But the Bible offers us hope by
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providing us with faithful and
accurate answers to life's most
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pressing issues. By providing us
with answers to the questions of
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origin, meaning, suffering,
morality and destiny the Bible
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gives us a comprehensive world
view, a lens through which we
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can safely and accurately
view the world and navigate the
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obstacles that lie ahead.
But perhaps the most important
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answer it provides us is found
in the person of Jesus Christ.
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In giving us the answers to
life's big questions the Bible
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anchors us to a person and not
just a set of rules. The focal
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point of the Bible is Jesus and
it is through an understanding
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of who Jesus is and what he did
that we can most clearly find
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the answers we seek. Jesus makes
an irresistible invitation to us
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in Matthew chapter 11
verses 28-30. Here it is:
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I don't know what burden you're
carrying. I don't know what's
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weighing you down right now
but I do know the answer to your
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trouble. When Jesus says to take
his yoke upon you he's saying
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he's going to share your
problems. He's going to share
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your load. He's going to take
your stress on himself and bear
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it with you. Wow! He makes
a three fold invitation:...
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Jesus says:
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This is going to reduce your
stress. This is going to make it
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easier for you to navigate. You
see when you yoke with Christ
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you move together with him. You
move in the same direction and
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at the same speed. And you move
in the right direction and at
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the right speed. The rest
and peace that we are offered in
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Jesus transcends any other offer
we can receive. It's a peace
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that keeps us calm through the
worst storms of life, a peace
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that can bring us safely to land
and a peace that can give us
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hope and assurance for the
future. Black boxes have made a
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huge difference in modern
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providing answers in the
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scenarios and they've played a
major role in making air travel
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so extraordinarily safe today.
Similarly the Bible and its
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message has saved countless
lives by pointing people to
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Jesus. If you're facing
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Dear heavenly Father, we
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we're all carrying burdens.
So thank you for your kind
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invitation to help us with
our burdens and to give us rest.
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Some of us are tired and
worn out so we've come to you to
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recover our lives and find real
rest. Please bless us. Make your
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face shine upon us and give
us peace. We ask this in Jesus'
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name, Amen.
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