AVIATION rules should be scrutinised after the Royal New Zealand Air Force transported dangerous goods on a passenger plane putting hundreds of people at risk, the Civil Aviation Authority says.
In 2009, the NZ air force sent chemical oxygen-generating canisters from Auckland to Vancouver aboard an Air New Zealand flight carrying 379 passengers and crew without notifying the airline.
The canisters, if incorrectly activated, can create a great deal of heat and the oxygen fuels a fire. Similar canisters brought down a US passenger jet in 1996, killing 110 people.
A Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) interim report released last year found the administrative and communicative errors within the air force led to the dangerous goods being on the flight.
It concluded no enforcement action could be taken, but further investigation was needed into safety issues.
In its final report released on Friday, the CAA said aviation rules regarding dangerous goods should be reviewed, including how they relate to the Defence Force.
The CAA and the Defence Force are establishing a memorandum of understanding to improve and formalise communication between the organisations about dangerous goods issues.
The Defence Force had made several changes to reduce the risk of the same thing happening again, the CAA said.
Last year, NZ Air Force Chief Air Vice-Marshal Peter Stockwell admitted a series of safety blunders by sending volatile substances on at least eight commercial flights between 2002 and 2009.
He also admitted the air force misled the Transport Accident Investigation Commission when reporting the Air NZ flight incident in 2009.
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