Can someone please explain why?
Was the aircraft in controlled airspace or class G? Was he getting radar vectors? Was the pilot conducting a GPS NPA (don't know if one exist for where he was going)? Or was he trying to get visual using his own GPS data which he (unfortunately) got wrong?
Going from the SMH article, it is obvious the RW, doesn't know too much about aviation,
He had been flying in cloud cover and rain that made it impossible to realise his error. When he banked left to prepare to land, the Piper Cheyenne crashed into mountainous countryside, killing all on board instantly
but if it is true that two ATC guys have been stood down, I don't understand why.
I feel very sorry for the six and their families, but why should ATC (in this case) get the blame, when (at this stage with the given info) it looks like pilot error?