Shortly after 10 pm on 10 June 1960, Trans Australia Airline flight 538 crashed into the sea killing 29 people on board. The airplane was flying from Brisbane to Mackay. There was heavy fog and the plane's first attempt at landing had been aborted. A Government inquiry failed to establish an exact explanation for the crash, resulting in compulsory regulations for all commercial airliners to have flight recorders on board to prevent similar incidents.