they would be left to radio com and the aircraft had radio issues before departure).
Interesting - could you help out?...I don't recall reading this, (which just means, "I don't recall"); do we know what the nature of the issues was? Thanks!
I saw a post ages ago - quickly deleted, I think - which said that COM3 was inop when the plane departed. As a non pilot, I have no idea what COM3 is, but I was surprised the post elicited no interest at all.