Air Crash Gobbledygook
Sir,—l read your editorial and also “R.J.M.L.’s” letter on the Electra accident. There will, no doubt, be advocates for both sides; but, after all, it took Wing Commander O’Brien three columns of “The Press” to state that the aircraft made a heavy landing without power. There was an awful amount of padding. Incidentally, are these accident reports made out by a body of officials, or is it just Wing Commander O’Brien’s opinion of what happened? In reports on accidents in which pilot' or passengers have been killed, does anyone have the right to dispute the official findings? Surely, Wing Commander O’Biien can not be pilot, engineer, and author, and assume the role of judge as well.—Yours, etc., EX-R.A.F.
July 28, 1965. [The Minister of Civil Aviation (Mr McAlpine) says: “The correspondent is referred to the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations, 1963, under which aircraft accident investigations are carried out and reports made to me. The New Zealand system is based on that of the United Kingdom, and is in accord with the recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, of which New Zealand is a member.”]
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30822, 6 August 1965, Page 10
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