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Old 23rd May 2020, 21:33
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Very sad.

The video shows the aircraft descending very rapidly, followed by the ballistic recovery parachute (presumably), which can clearly be seen in the post crash pictures. It will be very informative to read the accident investigation report to understand - if possible - whether this was due to a failure of the ballistic recovery system, or a case of initiating it too late.

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