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Old 21st Feb 2017, 21:37
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Tomahawk38
 
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Sunfish:
Since ATSB is a politically correct and pliant organisation, we already know what the outcome of its report will be; after three years of stalling, they release their report blaming the pilot
You're making one major mistake with the above assertion. You're not considering the passengers on-board. This will be one of the most heavily litigated aircraft accidents in Australian aviation history.

One passenger was a founding partner at a Texas law firm, along with some other successful Americans - they have the means and i imagine the desire to pursue this matter.

Given this was a charter flight each pax will only get $725k from the aircraft operator. Thereafter the lawyers will start looking for options, this will include any maintenance organisation who ever touched the aircraft, the engine manufacturer, the aircraft manufacturer, the avionics supplier - everyone who ever had anything to do with this aircraft, including the airport operator will be dragged in front of the courts. From the subsequent investigations and defenses we will learn a lot more than just "it was the pilot's fault"
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