Careful there ampan, you will be starting another conspiracy theory, Ron Chippindale was also involved in that investigation.
From Johnj King publication.
Recently, for instance, he was appointed to the five strong United Nations team to investigate the loss of Korean Airlines Boeing 747 airliner, Flt KAL007 shot down by a Soviet fighter near the Island of Sakhalin in 1983.
Not the sort of job to be handed to the Aircraft Accident Inspector that Holmes tries to portray.
Also from John King publication. This is relevant but has not been mentioned in the thread yet,
So even before the Royal Commission began its lengthy hearings, Judge Mahon had preconceived idea's about the deeper motives behind it-and about the c ause of the disaster, so had W.D. Baragwanath and G.M. Harrison, counsel assisting the Commissioner.
In Sydney a few weeks before the commission started, while viewing QANTAS training procedures for its own Antarctic flights the two lawyers publicly stated that pilot error on Flt901 was not the problem. The disaster was caused by a navigational error by Flight operations.
Everything from then on was made to fit that theory and all evidence which suggested the captain was responsible was rejected by the Royal Commission.