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Old 6th August 2007 | 06:16
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rotorspeed
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Largely agree Crab, though I'm sure you'd agree you can put weather into the pilot error category, albeit it major sub-category.

There is major difference between stating what the cause of an accident is (which is clearly irresponsible ahead of the AAIB report) and commenting on probable significant risk factors. And after every accident someone always pipes up here saying that no-one should speculate and that we should wait until the AAIB report. And when that does come out, a couple of years or so later, actually very little comment tends to be made on this forum.

There is always a cause to every accident, and much as pilots might not like to face the fact that we sometimes make critical mistakes, nor I'm sure do aircraft manufacturers and maintenance organisations. How do think Frank Robinson feels every time one his aircraft crashes with fatal results? Extremely sorry I'm sure, but also hoping it wasn't caused by a failure on his company's part no doubt. But it's always going to be someone's fault ultimately.

And let's face it we all know weather is a major killer and that the chances are, given the reports, it will turn out to be a critical factor in this accident. So it seems to me for all of us to have another reminder to treat it with more respect is no bad thing. And you never know, doing just that may save more lives in the intervening period before the AAIB report does actually come out, regardless of the ultimate cause.

But it is extremely tragic, for sure.
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