At the risk of being sceptical, has no-one ever noticed that in local accident reports (when and if they ever get made public) that it is NEVER the pilot's fault?? Unlike the rest of the world where pilot error is the major factor, in Africa it is always something else instead - the plane went out of control, there was a mysterious engine failure, there was windshear, sudden turbulence, mechanical failure or a hitherto unknown mountain in the way etc. It is never the pilot's fault.
If a plane has a incident when there is a power outage and no ATC or normal facilities, I'm betting that the report will come up with something else other than the pilot should have used his superior knowledge and training to avoid a developing situation!!
