But if you already had a catastrophic failure and you had no chance to avoid said cathedral, then the cathedral is just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I am suggesting the accident happened before the crane was struck.
COLDRIVIERE
Coldy, in your travels have you ever come across the concept of parsimony,
lex parsimoniae as otherwise embodied in Occam's Razor? Alternatively, what would be the basis of the assumption that an IFLOC or other mechanical failure precipitated the event? Just curious. The low level task in adverse weather is quite demanding, and the conditions limit the reaction/recovery time available.
I am sensing an utterly absurd undercurrent here that the problem that needs to be solved is development in London providing an obstacle to general aviation. That carthorse you see over there? It's not going to work that way round.
SLF&P
Amen.
Generally power gives way to sail... and other jibs. Almost invariably power gives way to granite and other fixed structures/edifice.
Don't imply any criticism of this particular operation; humbly contend that the operating environment is high demand and adverse outcomes can occur with the best of operators. The society balances the risk vs the rewards of the utility provided by the operation. The deceased and injured on the ground would probably consider the tradeoff to be unreasonable, accident victims using the HEMS systems, and Captains of the Universe attaining more free time would have a different view.