This is a really sad day, and a sad one for Manx2. Despite the fact they are a virtual airline, they have been quietly expanding and providing a service for an Island where transport links are always at a premium. We have a lot less choice to stab at these days, and for the puddle jump, they were always pretty good. That said, listening to a mate who returned into Blackpool in a J31 on Monday at 30 degrees of yaw, you do wonder. that said, they got them down, but how differently that could have turned out one begins to wonder on the back of this.
Flying is a difficult job these days, and no pilot commits to the approach with the intention of killing themselves or their passengers. Lessons will be learned, and hopefully remembered.