Helios Trial
A few facts;
the CVR was 30 minutes so the last 30 minutes was recorded
it was ASSUMED the engineer left the PMS in MAN because it was found "past MAN" having been severely damaged in the impact and he was the last person who admitted touching it
there is evidence that he did return it to AUTO
there is evidence that it was in AUTO at impact but was moved by the impact
both bleeds were OFF before impact
both audio switches were to MASK
Alan Irwins comments to the investigation were "lost" then "found" but were not considered because they had not been "adopted" by UK AAIB.
The message - be careful what you say to investigators, you can never be certain it won't be used against you
You want me to go on or do you accept someone was stitched up!
Last edited by airsnoop; 23rd Apr 2012 at 17:14.