Originally Posted by
flash8
The former had many complex issues, CRM, automation, crew training (i.e. high altitude upset recovery for one) all coming together, the PIA crash seems on the face of it downright absolute negligence. There is a a huge difference.
The first rule of aviation safety is to accept human beings can only be relied upon to do 2 things consistently whilst alive; they breathe and they make mistakes. The aim of the accident investigation is to determine why the mistakes happened. Nobody intentionally crashes an aircraft (and yes I know the obvious exceptions - Egypt Air, 9/11, German Wings, Malaysian, etc. ). We know what the crew did in this accident, to prevent further such accidents we need to know why. Saying they were negligent just doesn't help advance our knowledge on how to improve aviation safety.