A trial lawyer who is also an aviation analyst first sets out to prove he has the expertise and the skill to comment on airline accidents. Most of all, he explains why, in addition to expertise, an air crash expert also requires the not-so-common ability to distinguish the wood from the trees. (Updated on 16 August 2015)

Then, step by step, and with reference to known evidence, he reveals the true cause of the disappearance of Flight MH370.

Finally he shows why, in January 2014, he published an article in which he rejected the conclusions set out in the 2012 BEA report into the cause of AF447. His view was later echoed in a report by five aviation experts which was released in mid 2014.