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Old 2nd Feb 2005, 23:44
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Heliport
 
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Quite right!
Why let a little thing like not hearing all the evidence get in the way. I mean, if he was flying low over water earlier in the day he must have been doing something wrong when he had a wire-strike later on. Stands to reason.
And if that wasn't bad enough, a pax said he was "almost horizontal to the ground" at one point. Damn fool! Everyone knows you shouldn't fly horizontal to the ground.
And "the hills were above the aircraft."! What do they call valleys in Scotland?

And, the witness added, "the gentle turns evolved into dramatic and frequent turns and the helicopter began to sway violently. It was obvious we were going to crash." That must have been the pilot p***ing about. It couldn't possibly have been anything to do with the wire strike.

Stop the trial now, I say!
Tear his licence up, and never let him work again!
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