Originally Posted by The Dominican

They were involved in an accident that caused the lives of everyone on board a 73, the authorities there determined that they weren't negligent and released them. I think that the investigation was conducted correctly and it was a positive outcome for the pilots, remember that the initial readout from ATC was that they were climbing and descending erratically due to the mode C being turned off inadvertently. How much better could it have gone for them, they were absolved!