Are allegedly professional pilots really discussing whether other professional pilots identify bridges from 1500ft inside busy London airspace on the basis of the colour of the arches when viewed from the side?
Seriously?
Vauxhall Bridge is Vauxhall Bridge because it is at the apex of a bend in the river, it is the only bridge in that bend in the river and because it has a bloody big MI6 building on one side of the southern edge and a bloody big set of flats in the same colour on the other side of the southern edge of the bridge. That is how one identifies Vauxhall Bridge.
And as for why the pilot may have elected to go to Battersea rather than return to Redhill, or even take off at all in the first place, ask yourselves what information that is in the preliminary AAIB report can be independently verified by them and proven to be true? What information cannot be independently proven to be true? What has been merely assumed to be accurate?
Now ask yourselves why a signed statement has been submitted to the AAIB from someone (a professional pilot) who spoke to the pilot that morning about that specific flight (not Witness A) but is not mentioned in the AAIB report or subsequently? This post is highly likely to be removed by the Mods because of potential libel difficulties if this post elaborates any further.
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Last edited by sarboy w****r; 2nd Feb 2013 at 12:29.