YDFD: Thanks for the clarification. I was hoping someone from OH would read and correct if necessary. My information is indeed, second hand, and apologies wrt "slight right turn". That is the information I had.
As for the look down to 1500 feet, my memory is getting a bit faded now, but I do recall in the days of the old SRE/NDB approach into PP, (prior to SSR) we used to get radar traffic down to the PP circuit, hence my comment "nearly to sea level"
Could you please further clarify "coasted" just to help us visualise further what the aircraft appeared to do - that is, did it track normally "coasting", then one minute after the SSR failed it appeared to make the sharp left turn?
Your final comment is of course valid, and most posts here try to avoid doing that, or at the very least inform any journos here that that idiot Les Bloxham, who bills himself as a retired pilot, and who seems to be the first person the media call (or is that the other way around) is a complete self-aggrandising (bit like that other buffoon, so-called aviation "specialist" Peter Clark) fool who should stay retired.