Originally Posted by
ASRAAMTOO
Arkroyal,
"I’d say the prosecution lost this case rather than the defence winning it. If it’s true that the AAIB report was not used in the prosecution case one has to ask ‘why not?’"
Because information given to the AAIB investigation is specifically excluded from court proceedings. If it were not then no aviator in their right mind would even talk to the AAIB following an incident.
Ok. That’s a fair point. But maybe the prosecution lawyer might have at least read it and used its contents to help him shape his questions