Originally Posted by
portmanteau
Hey whats all this talk of whitewash? Thats the stuff of Politics, Governments, Enquiries etc, dedicated to finding someone, anyone, on whom to pin the blame. I dont ever recall hearing that said of an ICAO-mandated accident report only dedicated to digging out the facts and causes and coming to meaningful conclusions from which something can be learned. I am expecting Colombia's reports to be the usual high standard.
I agree. I would be less confident had the plane come down, say, next door in Venezuela, where the administration there would certainly be more sympathetic towards protecting Bolivian government interests, but I have full confidence that the Colombians will come up with a good report. Brazil as key stakeholder and the regional major power also has a big interest in ensuring that contributory factors to the incident are properly identified and good recommendations made.