That they did not do this suggests:
1. Technical Malfunction (FADEC UFCM).
2. Misjudgment of range. Which is Aircrew Error.
And guess which MoD withheld evidence about, and serially misled by both omission and commission. FADEC and UFCM. Very serious offences indeed, doubly so when they place lives at risk.
Oscar Wilde? He wrote about a gaol didn't he?