Original Message

Have to say, this was the most basic of basic errors. Crashing in a totally avoidable training whiteout condition. Why the in trail aircraft descended into the whiteout before the lead, having more time observe the conditions occurring ahead is mystifying. It would appear, as the video commentary points out, that this event happened before they even launched that day. Pre-mission planning "What-if?" seems to have not been briefed, not utilized or forgotten. If so, questions should be asked if it is a systemic or a unique training problem.

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