Quote grip..."So when a critical decision was finally made to climb out to safety in the right direction was made'....
Not sure about that mate.....is that when the GWPS went off ..or are we taliking something else??
14 seconds prior to the GPWS sounding, the captain made the decision to get out of there.
2 seconds before the GPWS sounded, they selected heading select to turn the aircraft around.
They didn't like what they could
see and
interpret , they reacted accordingly. Unfortunately for them the big area of white/grey they could
see in front of them they didn't
interpret as a mountain.
Just as the cliffs either side they could
see they
interpreted as McMurdo Sound and not Lewis Bay