Cottee v Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd
[2022] QDC 112 · Barlow QC DCJ
Incident & injury
Mid-flight engine failure on Boeing 717-200 due to cracked turbine blade; aircraft landed safely on one engine; applicant suffered psychiatric injury
- Body regions
- Psychiatric
- Diagnoses
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Incident date
- 10 March 2018
- Location
- In flight, Alice Springs to Brisbane
Quick facts
- Date of judgment
- 24 May 2022
- Claim type
- PIPA Public Liability
- Proceeding
- Interlocutory
- Plaintiff outcome
- Successful
- Occupation
- Commercial airline pilot (First Officer) Professional
Outcome
Application to extend the limitation period under s 31(2) of the Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) granted against the second, third and fourth respondents. The court found that the identities of the entities responsible for inspection, maintenance and repair of the aircraft and its engines were material facts of a decisive character not within the applicant's means of knowledge until after 10 March 2020, having regard to her PTSD and personal circumstances.
Key issues
Cottee v Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd [2022] QDC 112
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