Review of Irish and UK Files
The Review of Irish and U.K. Files carried out by Kevin Humphries and Graham Liddy of the AAIU and published in August 2000 contains the following:
"Strenuous efforts were made to trace the possibility of a second airborne object without success.
It should be noted that even if the presence of another flying object in the area were proven, there is still no evidence to show that it might have had any connection with the accident to EI-AOM"
Who made these strenuous efforts ?. Was it the team who investigated immediately after the crash or the International Team in 2002?
These "strenuous efforts" are not documented either in the initial 1970 Investigation or in the 2002 Study insofar as they relate to airborne activity from Irish Aiports other than from Cork and Baldonnell. The unsigned Baldonnell log sheet came with the following "health warning" issued by the International Team :
"It is noted that is an operational statement, and so, questionable"
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