NEWS: Major investigation finds Virgin Australia under-reported terrain warning incidents on its ATR fleet

An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation has found Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) significantly under-reported occurrences of terrain warnings during flights operated by its fleet of ATR 72 turboprops. The descent profile of VH-FVR into Moranbah. (ATSB) The ATSB discovered the under-reporting while looking into an incident on May 13 2013, when multiple terrain…