Originally Posted by
rotorspeed
...Still doesn't quite add up with why the captain flew over what she said was a "small little island... that's BLMO (sic) itself". Odd thing to do at 200ft at night in poor vis. Maybe she thought BLKMO was more like 28ft than 282ft.
When the PIC said that the BLKMO waypoint was still 1nm ahead, so this might bring a conclusion that the waypoint and the geographical feature were understood not to be co-located.
Yes, odd thing to do at 200ft at night in poor viz. What is more odd is that the other three people on board must have agreed with the plan without realizing the danger, or suggesting an alternative. Presumably in SAR a broad outline of the plan is discussed among the crew, a course of action is agreed, and then carried out. Rather than the PIC decree a plan and everybody else just obeys without giving it much of a 2nd thought. Again, we need to revert to earlier inter-crew discussion which we're not privy to.