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Old 24th July 2001 | 14:01
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John Eacott
 
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Nr,

I suspect that the H300 accident is awaiting a coroner's report before BASI's, a normal procedure. I will certainly be interested in it, having turned away from the accident area <2 hours before the crash, due to severe turbulence, and I was in a BK117!

Re Capricorn, it may not be general knowledge that the organisation Capricorn Rescue is not an operator, but is the local fund raiser, which creates and then distributes funds for a rescue organisation. They have now committed to contracting Jayrow Helicopters to provide a service to the local community, initially (as reported) with a Squirrel helicopter, and hopefully later to upgrade to a larger twin.

Jayrow's experience level is more than sufficient to provide a professional service, regardless of comments made here. But like everything, how can you get experience if the criteria must preclude operators not previously experienced in a particular field? Catch 22 springs to mind !!!
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