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Old 4th Jun 2014, 12:28
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Mhayli
 
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Yr right - I don't think many people on here are questioning the agenda, only the method.

To state that 'this accident was clearly caused by RAAF requirements...' is political and emotive spin and BS.

The airspace and flight planning constraints may have contributed to the crash. The pilots decisions on the night may have contributed to the crash. The weather on the night may have contributed to the crash. The fact that a 'night VFR' flight category exists may have contributed to the crash. The fact that the flight was made on that night, in that aircraft, by that pilot, may have contributed to the crash. Faulty instruments may have contributed to the crash.

To lay blame solely on only one of those aspects, as Mr Smith has by stating the 'accident was clearly caused...' is incorrect and irresponsible. Anyway, like a lot of contributors, I'm going blue in the face, and getting pretty sick of not getting any answers to direct questions.

So, Mr Smith - why are you solely focusing on one causal factor of the accident, when a change of any of them would probably have prevented the crash? In all your dialogue, why do you only mention WLM airspace? There is plenty of other military controlled, RA2 airspace in this country in terrain as inhospitable and non conducive to forced landing as that around WLM. So far, your silence on these two issues has spoken a thousand words.
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