While there is a significant thread already running in the Pacific sector, it seems to me that this news item has wider implications.
A recent Australian senate review has found that both the Regulator (CASA) and the Safety Investigator (ATSB) have significant issues to address. The inquiry, into the handling of information by CASA and the ATSB and reporting by ATSB of a ditching off Norfolk Island of a Pel-Air Westwind on a medevac flight, as well as the way in which senior bureaucrats handled themselves appears at:
Senate Committees ? Parliament of Australia
While the Pilot was deemed at fault for running out of fuel by both ATSB and CASA, the Senate report makes a big issue of the fact that both CASA and ATSB sought to blame ONLY the pilot, ignoring systemic organisational failures in the their own agencies.
It makes interesting reading, particularly for those that think that mishandling a cover-up only compounds the origininal stuff up.