Originally Posted by
GrumpyGramps
.......I believe the team were on a low level transit and this aircraft managed to hit wires about 40 feet agl (measured later by Sea King Rad Alt!). ...............
OC Supply tasked me to raise the F34 (Write-off) for the incident after the BoI was concluded and the various VSOs had made their comments. One thing that sticks in my mind was a comment in the P1 file that they (I believe there were two aircraft flying together) were "gathering heather". The value of the write-off (including such things as damage to Scottish Hydro property, damage to the aircraft, loss of the seat, etc) exceeded the CinC's powers meaning it had to go to 2nd PUS level for approval.