Horatio - Yes, I've made mistakes - but I'm unforgiving when a person who is supposed to be a thoroughly trained professional, does something, that to my line of thought - not only involves all three of the unprofessional failings of Capt A.G. Lamplughs quote - but which story of the event, also smacks of lying as well.
Despite the media misdescriptions and errors in reporting, I suspect he isn't telling the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I am being hard on him/her for basic unprofessional failings, and possibly basic honesty and integrity failings.
Except for the greatest stroke of luck, we are looking today at a physically destructive event, that is only a whisker away from reporting another aviation serious injury/fatality. One is reminded of the Yak-52 incident at Albury?
Aviation Quotes
http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/18-19.pdf