A game of shadows.
It was a simple enough question – one posed to the BRB as a follow up to the twiddle I stuck on the board – HERE -. The response not only unanimous but completely unambiguous – stunned disbelief.
The Hawkesbury (spell checked for ST) river crash of a Beaver was one of those 'mystery' ones; competent pilot, safe aircraft, good weather etc. Not clear cut, similar to the Essendon King Air event – i.e. why and what the Hell happened.
Dec 31, 2017 was the date of the event – today is August 12, 2020. Only recently have folks like the ABC picked up the story line of CO gas in the exhaust fumes as being the villain in the piece.
Would you expect that as soon as possible there would be an autopsy conducted?
Could you reasonably expect ATSB to factor in the results of that examination to the reporting process, in the first instance – as soon as possible?
With an event like the Jerusalem Bay fatal; the early discovery of any toxic, mind bending or prescribed chemicals would be an essential consideration – ruled in or out as the case may be.
After two years and eight months ATSB start whispering that CO in the exhaust gas killed the aircraft and its passengers? Seriously -
It may well be that CO did for the pilot and passengers; but, if so, then why was this not made public at the time of autopsy – or at least as soon as legally possible; with a final report stating this as 'proven fact', with supporting evidence? Gold plated, cash and no bull-shit evidence would have put the matter to bed with hardly a ripple. “Pilot incapacitated; CO level of 25%; end of story. But no, we get fed a line of 'elevated' CO levels; a small lately discovered 'crack' in one exhaust pipe and some tiny (PK screw size) holes in the firewall. How many thousands of hours have been flown in the Beaver by pilots on long days of top dressing and all the other utility jobs the Beaver has been use for in its long history – you think none of those aircraft had leaky exhaust gaskets, cracks in the manifold or even the odd hole or two in the firewall?
Is feeding half baked stories to the media the right way to wrap up a two year eight month investigation?
Toot – toot.
It was a simple enough question – one posed to the BRB as a follow up to the twiddle I stuck on the board – HERE -. The response not only unanimous but completely unambiguous – stunned disbelief.
The Hawkesbury (spell checked for ST) river crash of a Beaver was one of those 'mystery' ones; competent pilot, safe aircraft, good weather etc. Not clear cut, similar to the Essendon King Air event – i.e. why and what the Hell happened.
Dec 31, 2017 was the date of the event – today is August 12, 2020. Only recently have folks like the ABC picked up the story line of CO gas in the exhaust fumes as being the villain in the piece.
Would you expect that as soon as possible there would be an autopsy conducted?
Could you reasonably expect ATSB to factor in the results of that examination to the reporting process, in the first instance – as soon as possible?
With an event like the Jerusalem Bay fatal; the early discovery of any toxic, mind bending or prescribed chemicals would be an essential consideration – ruled in or out as the case may be.
After two years and eight months ATSB start whispering that CO in the exhaust gas killed the aircraft and its passengers? Seriously -
It may well be that CO did for the pilot and passengers; but, if so, then why was this not made public at the time of autopsy – or at least as soon as legally possible; with a final report stating this as 'proven fact', with supporting evidence? Gold plated, cash and no bull-shit evidence would have put the matter to bed with hardly a ripple. “Pilot incapacitated; CO level of 25%; end of story. But no, we get fed a line of 'elevated' CO levels; a small lately discovered 'crack' in one exhaust pipe and some tiny (PK screw size) holes in the firewall. How many thousands of hours have been flown in the Beaver by pilots on long days of top dressing and all the other utility jobs the Beaver has been use for in its long history – you think none of those aircraft had leaky exhaust gaskets, cracks in the manifold or even the odd hole or two in the firewall?
Is feeding half baked stories to the media the right way to wrap up a two year eight month investigation?
Toot – toot.