As one of the many thousands of "ordinary" people that have invested their own money in this project, I am utterly dismayed that FOD ingestion through human error may prove to be the cause of this incident.
Given the precarious and capricious nature of a project that relies solely on voluntary contributions I would have thought that at the least, industry "best practices" would be adhered to and one would like to think that even more care than that was being taken to maximise the value of each private donation.
It will be a sad day if 558 fails as a result of this, but I for one will be following the progress of the investigation closely and considering if my money would be better spent elsewhere.
It would be good to see a Mosquito take to the skies again......