Originally Posted by
tucumseh
The Privy Council ruled that Mahon had acted 'in breach of natural justice', so the official line remains in conflict with many of his key points. He died in 1986, and his legal fight against the Court of Appeal and Council with him. There's a number of interesting books on the subject, some taking advantage of Mahon's death by making claims he of course cannot reply to. But the most interesting papers are independent assessments of the CVR transcripts, which show beyond any doubt they were doctored.
Doctored to suggest what? It's a while since I've read them, but my recollection is that the the crew were essentially demonstrating that they were lost, and the polar explorer in the jump seat was helping them with a 'risky shift' based adaptation of what they could see versus what they expected to see. This feeling of comfort helped offset clues like losing VOR and RT with McMurdo base (blocked by the mountain!)