[Gobbledock]

Interesting point made below;

"The motives of some of those involved (in the probes) can leave you speechless," said John Goglia, a safety consultant and former member of the National Transportation Safety Board. "Most Western countries have laws designed to keep politics out of air crash investigations. But that is not the case in much of the rest of the world."

While the NTSB is not a party to any of these open investigations, a source at the agency did acknowledge that the political interference in these matters is a troubling trend, especially at a time when air crash fatalities are at an all-time low. "We don't often have a lot of major investigations involving Western-built aircraft," he said.

I couldn't agree more about the 'political interference' statement. That has been the root cause of many ATsB issues over the past decades. 'Independent bureau' my hairy ass. And obviously the NTSB would face similar pressure. And for those doubtful about political interference you only need to look at how Julian ASSange and the Ecuadorian Embassy were hobbled by Uncle Sam to see an example of how a Government can interfere and meddle in business they should keep out of.

Tick Tock indeed P2