Culture of Complacency
It seems that for every mistake made by the crew , there was a mistake made by the company; and for every mistake made by the company, there was a mistake made by the crew.
The crew, save for the F/E, failed to recognize the whiteout.
The co. failed to caution about whiteout.
The crew failed to use the Wx radar for navigation.
The co. had failed to investigate the use of Wx radar for navigation in Antarctica on prior flights.
The co. put the route over Erebus after briefing that the route would go beside Erebus.
The crew failed to check the waypoint lat/long they entered into the AINS-70 against any chart.
The co. failed to provide adequate charts.
The crew failed to use the charts they had.
Wasn't ANZ enough of a govt owned airline that didn't really have to make a profit? Would a totally private airline be more diligent?
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