Might have been the same firies and airport safety officer who witnessed the Qantas 737 take off in the dark as well and replied when asked, I saw nothing, I know nothing and that's a fact !
Sounds like a bit of a carbon copy of the Qantas incident to me. Next there will be an accident because of this issue at Launceston.
Simple and very easy fix to all of this, "LEAVE THE TOWER OPEN 24/7" as it was before, if it costs more so well beit. I'm sure the average passenger wouldn't mind paying an extra couple of bucks to have the tower and RFF available during abnormal hours if they knew it may save there lives in the event of an accident.
CRM issue ? This is a classic Swiss Cheese model just waiting for all the holes to line up !
Statisticly Australia is due for a major hull loss, and Launceston just might be the place in the middle of the night due to the runway lights not being on !