The trouble with "eyewitness" reports such as those by Ms Lacey (and our own local Nimbies) is that they are next to useless.
Oh so true. Take the recent crash at biggin... "eye witnesses" claimed the aircraft was travelling at 20mph, that they could see the pilot waving his arms for them to get out the way, that they could see passengers in the cabin windows looking panicked, that the wing hit a girl and knocked her down (which was actually just a blast of wind as it passed high above her). These clearly show that people just don't know what they are talking about and it's us, the flying community, that are paying for these "expertly accurate" eye witness statements.
I think someone actually made a thread about how rediculous it is getting.