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Airplane was over a place that the pilots didnt understand. clearly, the pilots couldnt see the mountain, or they would have flown around it. >> in june 1980, the office of air accidents releases its findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from any blame. instead, justice peter man...

>> coordinates shift meant that the airplane was over a place that the pilots didnt understand. clearly the pilots couldnt see the mountain, or they would have flown around it. >> in june 1980, the office of air accidents releases its findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from an...

Findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from any blame. instead, justice peter mann faults incompetent airline procedures which changed flight coordinates without warning. in a subsequent appeal by air new zealand, the new zealand court of appeals faults mann for overstepping his a...

You have to have emergency plans before you ever take off. you have to have enough fuel to get to your primary and secondary in case something happens. so you actually program and have flight coordinates for airports other than the ones that youre going to but its to deal with emergencies or weather or problems at the airport and you cant get in. so its just a backup plan. >> patrick, i want to ask -- lets see. this one is from keith. could the transponder have been reprogrammed to emit a differ...

A second. >> yeah. so this one is for mary from tristan. why would one program a computer system if they didnt plan on landing somewhere? >> ordinarily you plan your flight come ut pooers for places you dont intend to land because you have to have emergency plans before you ever take off. you have to have enough fuel to get to your primary and secondary in case something happens. so you actually program and have flight coordinates for airports other than the ones that youre going to but its to d...