[4] Skippers Aviation is also known to operate Fairchild Metroliners and Dash-8 Q300 aircraft to Ravensthorpe less regularly as charter flights.

[5] On 29 August 2006 at 17:45 local time, VH-NJE a BAe-146-100 aircraft operated by National Jet Express departed from Ravensthorpe toward Perth.

Shortly after noticing a strange smell the pilot in command heard number of "popping noises" accompanied by a series of bright flashing yellow lights and glowing behind the escape rope panel on the first officers side of the flight deck.

In response to this and a number of other similar failures in the UK and in Europe, the aircraft manufacturer undertook a number of safety actions, including issuing a service information letter advising operators to check the correct positioning of the insulation blankets in the vicinity of their aircraft electrostatic filters at the next available opportunity.

The flight crew made an emergency landing at Ravensthorpe where passengers were evacuated to the tarmac before being ferried by bus to the terminal.