During the subsequent inquiry Justice Mahon concluded that this was a deliberate attempt to conceal from the United States authorities that the flight plan had been changed, and probably because it was known that US Air Traffic Control would lodge an objection to the new flight path.
Durante a posterior investigación o xuíz Peter Mahon concluíu que este foi un intento deliberado de ocultar ás autoridades dos Estados Unidos que o plan de voo fora cambiado, e probablemente debido a que se sabía que o ATC estadounidense presentaría unha obxección á nova ruta de voo.