Originally Posted by
Brian 48nav
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As for the 'burn out' mentioned in the report, this is a bit of a misnomer because, although the sufferer may no longer have any active symptoms of AS, the fusing and calcification is there forever.
And so is the fragility of the spinal column. Someone asked:
Was any comment made at the inquest as to what may have happened to incapacitate the instructor?
I suspect his back broke, possibly in several places, with the shock of the collision, and that incapcitated him.