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…slow. Both the Bluegrass Comair, and the Midway Southwest accident investigations are still out standing. To be fair, in both cases, there were early promulgation of advice from NTSB and early action by FAA based upon lessons learned from those two accidents. Never-the-less we still wait for the final issuance of the official reports detailing the “probable cause”.
But at least in the US we have an investigation process. What about in Cameroon where it took two days just to locate where the plane went down (just three and a half miles from the airport!)? Mr. Smith states with some confidence that “Eventually we’ll know what happened”. Even with NTSB’s assistance, I have to wonder if we really ever will know.
