Chugalug. Kennedy's was not the only explanation; I had suggested here many times that the crew were not where they thought they were. Had they been on their intended track, they would have cleared the hills ahead of them (as they no doubt expected to do), but a quarter of a mile off that track the hills were around 300ft higher.
But the important fact is, as CAZ pointed ou in his quote: ".......the pilots were grossly negligent in that they continued to fly the aircraft directly towards the Mull at high speed, at low level and in deteriorating visibility thus failing to comply with their VFR minima". Those circumstances are the facts of the matter.
We really must not go round exactly the same bouys as before, but can anyone offer an alternative and credible explanation? Regards JP