Bill, absolutely agree that it should never have happened, but it did, and it was an accident rather than an incident. Of course the camera shouldn't have been there but in a safe stowage, which I presume to be the pilot's nav bag. Loose articles, like FOD, are as old as aviation itself and it is a constant battle to contain both. Part of that battle is to protect the more vulnerable areas that they can effect. We could have lost this aircraft and all who were onboard. As it is some were injured, a few very seriously. We owe it to them to ensure that it never happens again. If the DS solution is simply harsh treatment then memories of that soon fade and the gremlins are ready to strike again. So something more permanent is required, or history will repeat itself, or God forbid even worse!
We were both around when Flight Safety was once a central pillar of the Royal Air Force. Its purpose was to avoid avoidable accidents, just like this one, principally by trying to avoid them in the first place, or failing that by making sure that everything be done to try to avoid a repeat. By reducing the number of accidents you preserve both aircraft and aircrew, and hence Air Power. Both men and machines were far more plentiful in our time, though it was just as wasteful to lose either of them unnecessarily. It seems that simple common sense attitude has changed somewhat and not for the best. If that is old fashioned then that makes two of us!