Mt Erebus Disaster 40th Anniversary

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Megan, You may believe the orchestrated litany of lies. I do not. Neither did the Appeal Court, nor the Privy Council, and neither did Judge Harold Greene of the U.S. district Court Washington.

One point that has not been discussed in this latest discussion on Erebus was the use of the weather radar in mapping mode.

" Many pilots flying DC10's to the Antarctic used the weather radar in mapping mode,which clearly confirmed the outline of Ross Island and its high ground that they could see through the cockpit windows. in the clear Antarctic conditions. The Chippindale Report covered that point. However, when Justice Mahon visited Bendix , the radar manufacturer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he was told that because the radar depended on returns from moisture to indicate cloud ahead, the essentially dry ice of Antarctica would absorb the radar pulses and therefor Mt.Erebus would not show on the screen. It was just one of the several major points .he was given outside the Royal Commission, without technical advice and unable to be challenged by counsel representing the various parties at the hearing, but which he took into account when reaching his final OPINION"

Now then, were all the pilots flying the DC10 in Antarctica lying about the capability of the radar in mapping mode?. In that clip showing Mt Erebus, and if you go to google earth pro, and home on Erebus you will see there are many rock faces that are to steep to hold ice, and also home on Beaufort Island you will see the coastline is to steep to hold ice and much rock showing that would surely show up on the radar in mapping mode.

So now we have none of the methods available to confirm position before descent below MSA used to confirm position, no radar ident, no radar fix, not even checkiing coordinates on the INS, which once below MSA was not cleared for navigation.

Again I repeat as printed in an earlier post quoting Bob Thomson "The captain didn't give attention to the problems that he might have around there. These people were taking a Sunday drive'

How did Mahon come to the opinion he stated??