Given the failings of the AAIB, it will be a long time before Number 2. is proven
Winch Control,
May I politely request that you stop slagging off the AAIB, for two reasons:
1. You are not contributing anything useful to this thread (admittedly you're not alone in this).
2. Unless you can prove that the AAIB have actually failed in their duty, your vitriol against them is completely unjustified as well as unpleasant. Can you provide facts showing the time limit for the AAIB to release a conclusive report into a crash? Because if not, they haven't failed - they simply haven't met your own personal, subjective, unrealistic expectations.
We all (including the AAIB) want to know what happened in this and every accident, but this tragic event isn't a simple one to figure out and at least the AAIB are maintaining a dignified silence while they pore over the available evidence. You are not poring over anything (apart from your own reflection perhaps) and you are not maintaining a dignified silence. Perhaps you could learn from them. The ball's in your court.
TOTD