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Call sign confusion resulting from similar flight numbers

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Cabin safety investigation ability at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)

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The iPad entertainment packs causing an unsafe protrusion on the seat back in the economy area of the cabin

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Poor repair of airport apron area

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Cabin crew to passenger ratio exemptions

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The underreporting of flight and duty times for a foreign carrier’s flight crew

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Safety around Palm Island Airport

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Air traffic controllers not understanding the requirement for aircraft to broadcast on the area frequency when operating to or from aerodromes which are not marked on a map

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The operator’s flight crew are required to travel back to their base after a simulator training session. This results in duty times extending to over 11.5 hours plus waiting time in some cases

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Seat belts on an aircraft belonging to a foreign airline not being correctly installed

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