There was never a definitive conclusion to this tragedy. Mahon supporters believe he got it right, Air NZ/ Government thought they got it right.
Who will come up with any new evidence to disprove the Mahon/Chippendale arguments? I don't know, but I do know until this happens, we shall all be back here again 4 to 5 years debating the same old,same old.
Indeed, although as I have said I myself have changed "sides". I prefer to think this represents progression, rather than simply preferring one valid argument over another.
Without getting into the relative merits of what they said yet again, this was always going to be too big for Chippindale, and setting up the Royal Commission of Enquiry as a one-man band was just plain dumb. Leaving a legacy of......... us debating it nearly 40 years later.