From where does all this knowledge come from????
So our crew break out, see the dark buildings of the McMurdo base but SFA of anything else. How long do they bumble about before taking decisive action and get the hell out of there? And in which direction? No guidance on the approach plate. Once again a demonstration of an ill considered operation.
What approach plate are you referring to? There was never any approach plate because the only procedure was a cloud break procedure, there was never any intention that the flights would ever be landing at McMurdo.
The actual weather at McMurdo has been posted a number of times, the weather people advised the conditions were no good for sightseeing, so what was the point of carrying out a homegrown descent procedure to get to Scott Base anyway???
knowing from his previous plotting
Could you advise where you found anywhere that any plotting was done? if any plotting had been done then surely they would have realised they were not on the track they thought they were.
For those who castigate the man for not plotting his position, it wasn't SOP as far as I can tell, so why is it a black mark?
You need to be told to keep an accurate plot of your position????, especially before descending below MSA?