Airline in fatal crash was banned
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- Wednesday, 23 June 2010
It is claimed the group should not have been allowed to fly on the same charter plane as it was a breach of industry protocols as well as breaching the company's own travel policy.
A recovery operation is now under way for the 11 people killed in the crash.
They included Sundance non-executive director Ken Talbot, chairman Geoff Wedlock, chief executive Don Lewis, company secretary John Carr-Gregg and non-executive directors John Jones and Craig Oliver.
Peter Stening of risk management firm Stening Simpson said he was "staggered" that standard procedures to protect VIPs and corporate leaders had not been followed.
Stening said that his firm had banned the use of both the Congo-based airline, Aero-Service, and the aircraft type, a twin-prop CASA C-212, because they had poor safety records.
He also said the Sundance executives should have been shuttled in smaller groups if only one approved charter plane was available.
