'No controllers as Airbuses flew over WA'

TWO Garuda aircraft flew over Western Australia's north without being monitored by air traffic controllers to ensure they didn't collide, a report has revealed.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau last week released its findings from an investigation into an incident on March 31 last year, when a Temporary Restricted Area (TRA) was declared for the Kimberley and Cable airspace sectors after two controllers called in at short notice to say they could not perform the night shift.

While the restriction was in place for five hours, two Garuda Airbus A330s - one bound for Melbourne and the other bound for Sydney - flew through the area.

Air controllers in Melbourne only became aware the planes were there when they were contacted by the aircraft as they emerged from the TRA.

"The minimum standards for separation from other aircraft were met, but both situations constituted losses of assurance that separation would be maintained," the bureau said in its report.

While Airservices Australia had adequately addressed some of the safety issues highlighted in the incident, it had not done so with others, the ATSB said.

"A range of actions by operational personnel did not conform to expectations.

"Airservices' risk controls were not robust enough to effectively manage this situation and ensure they would be made aware of all aircraft that were operating within the TRA."

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