Comment from Cormac Boomer on final inquiry report
Email from Cormac Boomer to Don Mullan, Don requested a comment from Cormac on the final report from the inquiry. Cormac confirmed he had written to Brian Cowan TD as advised by Don.
Inquiry finds pilot negligence
Article in The Times, Malta, reporting on the inquiry finding that the disappearance of 9H-ABU was primarily due to pilot negligence
Dr. Malcolm Pace discusses the findings of the board of inquiry
Mystery still shrouds the disappearance of the ill-fated Piper Lance which disappeared on 3 December 1995. But the many questions raised by the families of the six men, including pilot Carmel Bartolo, may soon be answered.
Final submission by Cormac Boomer to Chairman of Investigation Enquiry 9th July 1999
Chairman and Members of the Court,
I refer to the recent final Sitting of this Court on 24th July 1999 and take this opportunity to submit my comments and observations on aspects of the evidence which has been presented by way of explaining the disappearance of Piper 9H ABU on which my son Desmond was reported to have been a passenger.In setting out to compile my final submissions I find that this is to a large extent unnecessary as all of the comments and requests I had in mind had already been addressed by Ms. Cecelia Pelligrini Petit in her submission of 17th June l999.You will no doubt be aware that during the past three years Ms. Pelligrini Petit and I have co-operated very closely compiling and cross referencing the evidence presented in Court while pursuing our own individual lines of enquiry, I am, therefore, in total agreement with her submission of l7th June, 1999, and support her requests for further investigation into these matters which, when taken collectively or individually, bring into sharp focus the failure to date to tie down the time tables of departure and arrival times of the aircraft in question, depending on which document is read there is a discrepancy of up to one hour and fifteen minutes difference in recorded times.
Affidavit signed by Cormac Boomer witnessed by John B.M. Doyle Notary Public
Cormac Boomer questioned about statements he had made
Three and a half years after the setting up of a commission of inquiry to look into the disappearance of a missing Piper Lance plane with six men on board, the prospect of a conclusion yesterday became a tangible likelihood rather than a remote possibility