The safety issues regarding the suitability of the landing site for a private helicopter, and the associated risks, were comprehensively dealt with in evidence by Keith Thomas of the CAA (acting as an expert) who is himself an experienced helicopter pilot.
There may, or may not still be unanswered questions about whether this was a "Congested area" or not
- I wasn't at Court so I don't know what was said about that,
but I find it quite surreal that someone else ( who obviously wasn't there either ),
can categorically state such facts based purely on the imagery provided
by Google Earth, and Multimap - we all know how bang up to date their data is !
Bottom line(s) ; Jafari - Tw@ - Guilty - Got what he deserved.
Pilot : No doubt lessons learnt but did what he thought was right at the time,
and does not appear to have been criticised by the Judge who DID know all the facts !
Organiser : Could have done better !
Case closed ?
