Thread Deterioration
Oh dear. In the interests of keeping this thread constructive and positive I will not comment on the Chuks post.
How many professional pilots, of say at least a couple of thousand hours experience, have NEVER had a mechanical failure? Or a bird strike or a serious air-miss through no fault of their own? Shall I go on? I have lost two friends who were highly skilled operators neither were pilot error. I have crashed due to a mechanical failure (no casualties). I have had two extremely close air-misses, neither were pilot error. I have had so many mechanical failures of varying degrees I cannot begin to count them. This includes a double engine failure.
All factors have to be considered. A significant and over-riding factor in this accident is that the aircraft got airborne and flew for some distance before coming down.
I am still trying to find out about the engine inspection. Does anyone know if the survivors have been interviewed yet? They hadn't the last time I asked.