BOAC
all be too late to save those who have been killed or injured as a result of what appears to be at best lack of care at high level
This would seem to imply that the crew did not have a lot to do with it. I am sure you don't mean that do you?
If everyone, including the crew, were so unhappy with the aircraft it would seem to me that they should have been super careful in the terrain and met conditions surrounding this trip.I know I would have been.
Much is made of the airworthiness issues in this thread, and of course they are worth pursuing, but at the end of the day two chaps were strapped into this beast and bear the responsibility for the end result.
Gross negligence? As I have stated before I don't think so - but major cockup - yes.