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Old 19th Jun 2016, 09:38
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3 Holer
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none of this would have taken place if they had been where they thought they were.
Absolutely correct Fantome.

framer it is impossible to say if "the outcome would have been the same" if another crew was flying the aircraft that day. It's a bit like saying"If Aunty had aggetts she would have been Uncle."

We can only collate the facts and evidence of an accident and draw conclusion of what caused it. Mahon, Vette, et al, did this during the Erebus Inquiry and did it very well. I see no reason why Justice Peter Mahon's finding: ".... the single dominant and effective cause of the disaster was the mistake made by those airline officials who programmed the aircraft to fly directly at Mt.Erebus and omitted to tell the aircrew" could be challenged, as it is factual and undeniably true.
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