I thought that this might be an appropriate forum to post a question regarding accident investigations and their purpose. The reason I ask is that I'm digging into the subject (writing a paper on it) and would be interested in hearing your viewpoints.
As you probably are aware, an Annex to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, namely Annex 13, sets out the purpose of an investigation in the following words:
Chapter 3.1
Objective of the Investigation
The sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention of accidents and incidents. It is not the purpose of this activity to apportion blame or liability.
What are your reactions taking into account that the SQ006 crew at Taipei apparently were arrested at one point pending a criminal inquiry? (just to name one example)
Regards,
Cosmo
[might as well mention that I'm not a journo
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