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Beaker's legacy and the 6 year YMEN DFO crash cover-up??  

To begin there is still no indication on when the Popinjay YMEN DFO approval process investigation will be completed...  

..Extensive DIP submissions were received during November. The ATSB is reviewing the evidence in response to the submissions. Consistent with ATSB processes, and to ensure the veracity of any findings, some further engagement will be required with those parties before the investigation is finalised.

An update on timing for completion of the investigation will be provided at the start of 2023 after the ATSB has been able to complete necessary engagements with Australian and international DIPs...

  
Next and related, here is a blast from the past from almost 11 years ago:

Trolling through the records from the May 2012 RRAT Budget Estimates I came across a disturbingly revealing Beaker reply to a committee correspondence query:

4. Correspondence to Mr Martin Dolan, Chief Commissioner, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, in relation to evidence given at Senate Estimates on Wednesday 23 May 2012. 

(PDF 49KB)
Mr Dolan's response (PDF 290KB)

The following extract from Beaker's reply is truly remarkable when you consider the YMEN B200 DFO crash that occurred almost 5 years later: 



Talk about beyond all Reason - UDB!! 

   
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