“That’s a very broad question, but not necessarily,” Mr McCabe said. Mr Mallon put it to him he had “agreed that the likely cause of this problem was human error” in the safety investigation. “We felt we were under duress to drive the investigation down the route of pilot mis-selection and not a technical difficulty with the aircraft,” Mr McCabe said. “That point was put to me, but not backed up by any evidence,” Mr McCabe said. “Aer Lingus are very much pushing the idea that air traffic control intervened.

Source: The Irish Times December 09, 2025 23:10 UTC