Inquiry told of pilots' tragic crash

She said that on the day of the accident, the only two people left on the expedition apart from Ms Dench and Mr Burton were herself and another woman who acted as “ground crew”, and the pilots had flown past the agreed meeting point and waved as they passed, the inquiry heard.

- Jory Mundy

Giving evidence, Ms Harrison-Littlefield said Mr Burton had raised concerns about stress, and there had been a “heated” conversation between workers, volunteers and the two pilots. “There were several occasions where Dan Burton expressed to me and others about frustrations with the working environment and general progress of expedition,” she said. “The expedition was chronically behind in terms of where we should be geographically and how many people we interviewed. The time the expedition was due to take ~ six weeks ~ was extended to be a lot more.