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The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says 25 of about 3,000 light aircraft that were grounded across the country were at risk of engine failure.
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The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says 25 of about 3,000 light aircraft that were grounded across the country were at risk of engine failure.
The airworthiness directive to ground the planes was issued almost two weeks ago after 18 incidents of engine failure in light aircraft in the United States.
CASA spokesman Peter Gibson says the authority has found the fuel injection systems in 25 Australian aircraft - including a number of helicopters - were faulty.
"Particularly those commonly used in mustering and aerial agriculture operations," he said.
Lawrie Cox from the Australian Federation of Air Pilots says CASA did not act on the US information immediately.
"We understand it was a period of days, maybe up to a week," he said.
CASA admits some of its staff may have been aware of the problems earlier but says its directive was issued within hours of US advice to do so.
SOURCE | ABC.net.au
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