A sad end.
With respect for our deceased colleague, now comes the harder questions.
As the B412 aircraft were quickly released back to operational duties, together with the company being a respected international group, and has not been censured by the client’s auditing/legal group, one can only assume that the incident was either due to local sabotage or by the pilots own hand.
Either alternative is such an undesirable outcome, and one we would prefer to not even consider, however, undesirable human intervention in our challenging and unforgiving profession is a reality that should be recognised and not suppressed.
By having it out in the open, we can establish procedures, screening systems to minimise the effect that either alternative has on our chosen profession.
Let’s not suppress the hard issues.
Did we all do everything possible to prevent one of the above options from becoming a reality?
I for one, failed.