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No aviator could be comfortable seeing any pilot in this situation.
Hopefully there will be enough evidence to tell the story as it happened - this is what we all learn from, and therefore not a total waste.
But let the professionals in the industry discern the facts.

The salient point I wish to make here is the absolutely abhorant behaviour and conduct of the media - a pack of parasitic hyenas.

Are there no bounds or respect for professionals and their families?

What gives the media the right to pound on the wreckage to satisfy their panting lust for grief, pain and discredit to sell their literary sewage.
I will be airing my vehement disgust and fury on the local media station tomorrow to reveal the true nature of intent and monetary gain from the deaths of professionals to whom we are akin to, by these journalist jackals - blood money.

I truly hope I will not be alone.


Steve

Just let you know you are not alone, I was absolutely disgusted this morning listening to the news discrediting a guy that probably saved 10 or 20 lives by avoiding the busy freeway. He would have done the best he could with all the available options which were very limited given the outcome.. the preliminary investigate results are going to be announce this afternoon using flight path and radio calls.. very sad end.. condolences to families
KH

Thanks for your support.
I got sttuck into them on air and it was amazing how all of the sensible genuine questions came about after.
The public have a very poor understanding of how aviation operates these days, whereas in the old days they were keen and had a general understanding everywhere you went.
Why has the knowledge basis decayed so badly?

You would think by now that the media organisations would have aviation professionals on staff to direct those aspects to for accurate reporting. Once they have opened their mouths and issued their utterances, every body follows and uses the same terms and descriptions without checking on them.
Does that mean the media are now undisputed experts on everything?
Highly unlikely!

Update ATSB file no. -AO-2017-024 . Active and pending. Mechanical components still under examination and assessment.
Steve

Still active pending final review

Final report released.

Preliminary detail leading to Inquest:

Pilot the focus of DFO plane crash inquest
Karen Sweeney 3 hrs ago
A Victorian pilot whose plane crashed in to a Melbourne shopping centre, killing himself and four passengers, may have had a history of not completing pre-flight safety checks.
© Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS Max Quartermain was flying four people to King Island when his plane crashed near Essendon Airport.
An inquest is expected to begin in September into the fatal February 2017 plane crash, which occurred shortly after take-off from Melbourne's Essendon Airport.
Max Quartermain was flying four American passengers on a golfing holiday to Tasmania's King Island.
He and his passengers - Greg Reynolds De Haven, Glenn Garland, Russell Munsch and John Washburn - all died in what was the worst air disaster in Victoria in 30 years.
The aircraft went down 10 seconds after take-off and just two seconds after Mr Quartermain issued an urgent "mayday" message.
Crash investigators found the plane's rudder was in the incorrect position and Coroner Darren Bracken on Friday heard that would likely be the focus of the inquiry.
Liam Magowan, assisting the coroner, said there were at least two logical explanations.
Either Mr Quartermain didn't notice the rudder in the incorrect position during pre-flight checks, or he had deliberately but mistakenly caused it to be in the wrong position during take-off.
"There is some suggestion in the evidence that Mr Quartermain did not always undertake the mandatory flight checks and that appropriate systems may not have been in place," Mr Magowan said.
There's also some evidence Mr Quartermain had a tendency to confuse instruments and that he had an "overall lack of situational awareness when operating aircraft", he said.
A previous report found Mr Quartermain had narrowly avoided death two years earlier in a near-miss incident.
He was tested twice and met safety requirements to fly again.
The inquest could also look into the location of the shopping centre, which is at the end of one of the airport's runways.
Nick Hornby, representing the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, said a draft report from a separate investigation into building approvals for the outlet shops, is hoped to be completed by July.
"It is one of the ATSB's highest priority investigations," he said.
Mr Bracken said he hoped to set dates for a three-day inquest in mid to late September.