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In his evidence to the HOL Committee Sir John Day stated the following:
"If they could see the cliffs at a range of 1km, I am convinced that no reasonable pilot would have then flown straight on towards the rapidly rising high ground before intending to turn left along the line of the cliffs whilst remaining below the cloud base.
If, on the other hand, they sighted the cliffs at 1km range and intentionally decided to proceed straight ahead and cruise climb on track over the mountain, the pilots actions would have amounted to recklessness, which is a more severe degree of negligence than Gross Negligence."