{"id":349857,"date":"2026-01-15T16:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1427705"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:25:55","slug":"ex-soar-student-wins-almost-800k-in-damages-over-2017-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=349857","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Soar student wins almost $800k in damages over 2017 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYxIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1427706 wp-post-1427705\" alt=\"A file image of Soar Aviation&#039;s Foxbat A22LS. (Soar Aviation\/Facebook)\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/1480533_696598350372330_1655537598_n_1170\/1480533_696598350372330_1655537598_n_1170.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1727337968\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 361\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>Gobel Aviation (formerly Soar Aviation), which was liquidated after entering administration in late 2020, was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Victoria to have been responsible for a 2017 light plane crash that left student Edward Ripper traumatised and unable to pursue a commercial pilot career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gobel Aviation (formerly Soar Aviation), which was liquidated after entering administration in late 2020, was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Victoria to have been responsible for a 2017 light plane crash that left student Edward Ripper traumatised an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,312,1472,471,2021],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-349857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-aviation","category-general-aviation","category-news","category-training","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=349857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350408,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349857\/revisions\/350408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=349857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=349857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=349857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}