Dr Adriano Di Pietro will replace Max York, who quietly stepped away from the role for family reasons in April. York was a former head of GE Australia and came out of retirement to take the position at AMSL.
A Jordanian national has been refused bail after allegedly attempting to open emergency exit doors and strangling a crew member on a flight from Malaysia to Sydney.
VH-XIX was conducting aerial spraying of herbicides near Boorowa, 50km east of Young Airport, on 4 December when radio contact with the pilot was lost 15 minutes after its 10th spraying run, the ATSB said in its preliminary report.
Dr Adriano Di Pietro will replace Max York, who quietly stepped away from the role for family reasons in April. York was a former head of GE Australia and came out of retirement to take the position at AMSL.
