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unusual facts about Ansett-ANA Flight 149



1993 Ansett Australian Indoor Championships

The 1993 Ansett Australian Indoor Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney in Australia and was part of the Championship Series of the 1993 ATP Tour.

Air Australia

With a background at Ansett and air charter, James assisted the company to successful bid for the Australian Defence Force Troop Lift Contract.

Ansett New Zealand

Ansett Australia would be owned by Air New Zealand and (until it was bought out) Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, while Ansett New Zealand would be owned by News Corporation exclusively.

Ansett New Zealand was the result of Ansett Australia's desire to expand into the New Zealand market, enabled by the relaxation of regulation in the aviation sector by the fourth Labour government.

Karnivool

In October 2001, the band were chosen to support the Rollins Band but, due to the Ansett collapse, Henry Rollins and his band were forced to cancel their Perth show.

Kirk McCarthy

McCarthy began racing in the Australian Superbike Championship in 1992, for the Ansett Suzuki team.

LET L-13 Blaník

During the 1970s & 1980s, the Gliding Federation of Australia recognized the potential fatigue-life limitations of the Blaník and in conjunction with the Ansett Airlines NDT laboratory and the Civil Aviation Authority of Australia developed an inspection programme culminating in the issue of GFA AD-369, designed to monitor the condition of the fatigue-critical components.

No. 33 Squadron RAAF

Its attempts to procure one Boeing 727 each from domestic carriers Ansett and TAA were unsuccessful but, in December, Qantas agreed to sell the government two Boeing 707s for $14.5 million.

Reg Ansett

Qantas has named one of their Airbus A380s after Ansett in recognition of his contribution to the aviation industry.

Skybus Super Shuttle

On 2 August 1982, Skybus took over the airport bus services run by the now-defunct airlines Ansett and TAA.

Winton, Queensland

1966 Crash of Ansett-ANA Flight 149, a Vickers Viscount aircraft, on Nadjayamba Station, west of Winton

On 22 September 1966, Ansett-ANA Flight 149, a Vickers Viscount aircraft crashed on Nadjayamba Station 12 miles (19 km) west of Winton, killing all 24 people on board.


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