Have spoken to my best friend who is a senior engineer on 20 Sqn. He has said that:
1. The crashed ac was the only one painted with a display fin and they do not intend to replace it this year so rush out now and buy the limited edition airfix models.
2. Any sane pilot who is loosing height in the hover will select nozzles to the rear to try and get out of there without crashing. To sit there and do nothing when losing height in the hover is the type of stupidty you expect from the Tornado fleet (I am experienced in this area).
3. He would bet a months pay that the aircraft failed on Tony Cann. He has the utmost respect and admiration for Tony quote 'he is one of the best pilots he has ever worked with.'
I am no expert on Harrier but I am informed there is a lot of mis-informed people posting their opinions on this thread.