Comments on: ATSB conducts fresh survey of ditched Pel-Air jet https://australianaviation.com.au/2015/04/atsb-conducts-fresh-survey-of-ditched-pel-air-jet/ Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:15:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Evan https://australianaviation.com.au/2015/04/atsb-conducts-fresh-survey-of-ditched-pel-air-jet/#comment-32083 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:15:42 +0000 http://australianaviation.com.au/?p=42257#comment-32083 Agree with Anthony. It should have been done at the time… if only to ‘cover off’. Having said that, I thought the 4 Corners program was deficient in not examining the question posed by Ben. By omission, the program left the viewer with the impression that the recorders might be key to the whole thing and therefore implied an apparent lack of concern by the ATSB regarding the retrieval of vital information.

]]> By: Anthony B https://australianaviation.com.au/2015/04/atsb-conducts-fresh-survey-of-ditched-pel-air-jet/#comment-32047 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 07:16:01 +0000 http://australianaviation.com.au/?p=42257#comment-32047 Ben – I think no matter if the recorders provide new information or not a thorough investigation should always explore all available information no matter what the cost. The fact that they didn’t recover all the information only highlights that the investigation was open and shut very quickly which should never be done. If the recorders are recoverable on any aircrash no matter how small or large the incident then it should be done

]]> By: Ben https://australianaviation.com.au/2015/04/atsb-conducts-fresh-survey-of-ditched-pel-air-jet/#comment-32020 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:28:35 +0000 http://australianaviation.com.au/?p=42257#comment-32020 Fair enough to re-open the investigation but I want to know two things:

1) What useful information do Xenophon et al think will be retrieved from the flight recorders that is not already known to the ATSB, and;
2) How much will this retrieval cost.

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