Anyone know anything about the recent incident at Stapleford where a 172RG had to land without its nose gear deploying? I heard about it second hand but I gather fire brigade and paramedics were called, though thankfully not required. Not sure if its been reported yet. Happened in mid December.
I remember thinking when I heard about it, why didn't they divert to EGSX which is about 5nm away and has 2000m of tarmac? Hence wondering if there was a preference for landing on grass in these situations.