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Old 22nd Nov 2012, 03:26
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Nadi
Nadi radio victor hotel november golf alpha request
0756:46
Nadi
VH-NGA
Victor november golf alpha nadi
0756:48
VH-NGA
Nadi
Is it possible to obtain a METAR for yankee sierra november foxtrot please
0757:01
Nadi
VH-NGA
Victor november golf alpha nadi standby
0801:15
Nadi
VH-NGA
Victor hotel november golf alpha nadi
0801:20
VH-NGA
Nadi
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0801:24
Nadi
VH-NGA
Roger ready to copy METAR Norfolk?
0801:27
Go ahead victor golf alpha
0801:31
Nadi
VH-NGA
METAR Norfolk at 0630 Zulu wind 300 09 knots 9999, few 6,000 broken 2400 temperature 21 dewpoint 19 QNH norfolk 1011 remarks closed till 1930 UTC go ahead
0802:08
VH-NGA
Nadi
Ahhh ...copy... just say again the issue time for the METAR
0802:14
Nadi
VH-NGA
Issue time for the METAR this is the latest 0630 Zulu
0802:22
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Nadi
Victor golf alpha thank you
0802:26
Nadi
VH-NGA
Victor november golf alpha nadi
0802:29
VH-NGA
Nadi
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0802:32
Nadi
VH-NGA
Roger this the latest weather for Norfolk...SPECI... I say again special weather Norfolk at 0800 Zulu... auto I say again auto, alpha uniform tango oscar, wind 290 08 knots, 999 november delta victor, overcast one thousand one hundred , temperature 21, dew point 19, QNH Norfolk 1012...remarks... romeo foxtrot zero zero decimal zero oblique zero zero zero decimal zero go ahead
0803:21
VH-NGA
Nadi
Thank you nadi... much appreciated november golf alpha
0803:24
Nadi
VH-NGA
November golf alpha...DOLSI, DOLSI contact Auckland thank you
0803:24
VH-NGA
Nadi
Auckland at DOLSI victor golf alpha
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Some of you are still banging on about fault and who was most at fault for this accident, please remember that currently the ATSB Final Report puts the blame solely at the feet of Dominic James.

The Senate inquiry isn't about whose fault this accident was it is more about what appears to be an extremely substandard Final Report put out by the ATSB some three years after the event. The 'blame game' and, as ferris clearly highlights below, those that are trying to escape scrutiny or ownership of any blame has come about as a consequence of the inquiry:
ferris: My point has been that Heffernan appears to be having a go at Harfield in this latest hearing, not about what the rules were or who was responsible for what, he is having a go at him for having done absolutely nothing to fix it. To the good senators, it looks like CASA hasn't done their job, the ATSB - god knows what they are doing- they seem a bit lost about what their job is, AsA is saying "it isn't our responsibility" and the senators are getting a bit frustrated/exasperated.

All these bureaucrats sitting around going "it's not our fault" and conveniently running lines that end with it being no-ones fault (except the pilots, of course), and them not having to actually do anything differently in future.
You can continue to play the 'blame game' or you can question how it is that such an important safety agency (the ATSB) can deem that this flawed, deficient final report is an acceptable "safety document" to publish and be disseminated worldwide.

I remind you that these are the terms of reference:
Terms of Reference

On 13 September 2012, the Senate agreed that the following matters be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 29 November 2012:

(a) the findings of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau into the ditching of VH-NGA Westwind II, operated by
Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd, in the ocean near Norfolk Island airport on 18 November 2009;

(b) the nature of, and protocols involved in, communications between agencies and directly interested parties in an
aviation accident investigation and the reporting process;

(c) the mechanisms in place to ensure recommendations from aviation accident investigations are implemented in
a timely manner; and

(d) any related matters.
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