Originally Posted by
cooperplace
Interesting that the ATSB say it will take 18 months for a report but it seems they were pretty quick to hand footage to the media, footage they weren't authorised to pass on. It seems disappointing, correct me if I'm wrong.
Don't be so sure that is what happened. In the commentary with the footage at the following link, the 7 News presenter says: "..been obtained exclusively by 7 News... the vision obviously will be passed on to the experts investigating this tragedy". So sounds to me like 7 managed to get hold of the material first, then planned to pass to ATSB. I can well imagine media people managed to make it over to the crash site long before any ATSB personnel, or perhaps even police, arrived on the scene. Passenger may have handed over material under a false impression they were giving it to an official investigator. You can bet this will be investigated as well now.
https://7news.com.au/sunrise/sea-wor...rred-c-9361711