Originally Posted by
ampan
Assuming that you believe that Erebus is to your left and you have decided to bale out and your co-pilot, seated to your right, says it's clear to the right if you want to do a 180, which way do you turn?
That they were even having that discussion (prior to, and at the time) should tell the trained mind something - namely that in those final moments their "spidey-sense" was telling them something was not right...
if they had the visibility required they should have been able to see it. If you can’t see it you’re either completely lost or the visibility isn’t what you think it is.
"Whiteout conditions can exist within the normal VMC minima and even in the conditions defined by Air New Zealand as the minima for VMC descents to 6000 feet" Chippendale 2.17 And it can occur in 100km vis.
All very factual, so why couldn't they see at 12500ft mountain that was only 27nm away - either left OR right? Surely thats not a response to the above quote Compressor? It's certainly no excuse....