Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Are you seriously suggesting that would justify a conscious decision (if such was made) to allow the CVR to be overwritten?
No. A mitigating factor is one which tempers a sanction, typically in support of reducing a sanction (but sometimes only in a pro forma manner). Not justification. And secondly, here the inquest is intended (or should be intended) to extract as much information as is relevant to the sequence of events. Asking what possibly could have caused one of those events is an established means of assuring that an investigation process does not gloss over or miss anything (as much as this can be assured).