Poonpossum did you manage to make it to one of the 10 Crash Scene Investigation Seminars CASA put on?
The first half was about what happened in a fatal VFR into IMC accident, and the second half was what to do if you find yourself in that situation. It included strategies to help you get out of it right down to ATC recordings of where pilots asked for help and got out of it. The years before we did that series, Air Sercices were getting 1 VFR into IMC call for help every 10 days! They are only the reported ones.
It is frustrating to see this type of fatality happen even with the technology we have in our reach today.
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