ShyTorque - I'm aware of the chain of command - it was a name (aka a 'moniker') I was after for the origination of the order to 'cease'.
P6 - please read this thread and pick out the important bits - or AT LEAST read the C4 link in post 5866 (yes, you've missed a fair bit coming in at 5869 on the third edition of the thread!!)
SA would have put them into icing conditions for which the a/c was not cleared. SA would have been around 6,000' for the route (from memory)
From that article:
Jon Tapper went further. He knew that the RAF was also concerned about the aircraft's safety and had banned it from flying above a low altitude, on previous advice from Boscombe Down. He asked what he should do in an emergency? Should he break that altitude ban?
The pilot - in the last days of his short life - was told by his superiors, that if he broke the altitude restriction he would be personally responsible for the consequences.
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