Very Sad. My condolences to the families.
If the CFIT holds true as a root cause(still an assumption) it will still be contributed to the over 80% human factor related accidnets in Aviation.
I agree; it is very difficult to say no in such cases. It was probably difficult for Captain J.Hanley to ask the low time copilot to go sit in the back instead of him so he can assume control of the Aircraft in the cockpit as a required crewmember. Who knows what had exactly happend!!
Last edited by helipilot214; 10th Jun 2008 at 14:18.