For those wishing to see the BoI report, it is at:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Ab...tMarch2001.htm
NB - Some rather large .pdfs to download!
I note in Part 2 of the BoI report:
23. Three of the witnesses were positive that they had seen twin-tailed ac, not Tornado ac. The board judged that, if they were correct, then the F-15C formation would have had to have avoided the imminent collision with terrain indicated by the last radar plot.
But how do they know whether the F-15C formation leader would have actually been able to see this terrain in such white-out conditions. I thus find the later comment:
In conclusion, the Board judged that, despite their certainty that they had seen twin-tailed ac, the eyewitnesses had been mistaken as to the type of the ac, possibly due to a factor such as the angle of view, the proximity of the ac to eachother, the prevailing light conditions and changes in aspect as the ac flew past whilst manoeuvring.
to be somewhat surprising, given that the 3 witnesses were so 'positive'..
Mods - please merge the threads.
Last edited by BEagle; 8th Feb 2006 at 11:27.