Originally Posted by
morno
3 Holer, can you please tell me how you come to the conclusion that the crew were not a factor in this accident?
I shall not waste bandwidth with a single reply to your question as I have made myself clear on this subject many times on this forum. Search "Erebus 25 years on" and this present thread and you will have your answer.
The Honourable Peter Mahon was a man of wide experience in the judicial system, and one of high intelligence and competence. He conceded he was far from an established expert in any of the technical and operational matters of the subject investigation, however, he applied his searching intellect, enormous integrity and great legal and judicial experience, to mastering an appreciation of even the smallest details of his tenure. For these reasons, I aligned myself with his cause of the disaster very early after the release of his report in the early eighties.
I can only suggest you read the Mahon Report thoroughly, without prejudice and you will see why I made my conclusion.
I look forward to hearing from Porter on this forum when he convenes the new Inquiry into the Erebus crash. I would like a ringside seat for those proceedings as they have the potential (used loosely) to change the course of legal history in New Zealand.