Why are we going round the houses again?
We (police pilots) know what happened:
He went for one final recce enroute RTB.
He was virtually visual with home when he carried out a quick hover, thinking he could 'shave' a couple of minutes off the night fuel reserve because he was so close. The Tx pumps were off (had been for ages). No lights were showing.
One engine starved of fuel.
He did what he did to manage the situation whilst in the hover over town, at night. During this 'management process' the other donk stopped.
He lost control of Nr.
A/c fell out of the sky.
Correct me if this has, in any way, diverged from the original assumptions over the years?