Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has suspended the air operators certificate (AOC) of Solomon Airlines, the national carrier of the Solomon Islands which operated a single Australian- registered Boeing 737-300.
"The risk to aviation safety is too great to allow passenger carrying flights to continue in the period until a final decision is made as to whether [it] should be cancelled," CASA said in suspending Solomon's AOC.
On 7 August, Solomon Airlines was asked to show cause why its AOC should not be suspended or cancelled, and undertakings were given by the airline to restructure its organisation and safety systems.
CASA says further audits have given it reason to believe the company is continuing to display inadequate corporate management, control or supervision. "Management has demonstrated an inability to control the structure and processes of the organisation. As part of the first "show cause" process a new structure was agreed with CASA. That structure has not been implemented," says CASA.
CASA has criticised Solomon's emergency procedures training and checking programme, quality assurance and failing to ensure that required CASA approvals were held.
Source: Flight International
