Surely to say as Mahon did that they crew made 'no' errors is to cheapen the profession. That statement is basically saying that as professional pilots we will just fly the thing to the crash site should the setup be bad enough! The clues were all there for this crew, yes their training was crap, the change of routing was not expected and the whiteout was something they had no experience. But the inability to contact McMurdo, the lack of TACAN, the marginal conditions that meant they couldn't sight the high terrain and the unfavourable met reports from other aircraft should have all given pause for though before descending so low. The organisation put them in a bad spot, their mistake was not using the clues on the day to trap some of those errors. We're the crew wholly responsible..... NO, do they hold any responsibility...... YES.
Last edited by Ollie Onion; 22nd Jun 2016 at 02:55.
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