The observations made here are very valid, tragic as this accident was, how fortunate that no member of the public was involved.The owner of this aircraft was well known for resorting to litigation-as has been stated vis-a -vis Agusta Westland, in fact I believe both his wife and daughter have/are practicing law it is difficult for an individual employee to take on this amount of pressure and wealth.
The Authority may wish to consider the suitability of operating from Ad-Hoc sites at night or in poor met conditions without proper approved met facilities at the point of departure.Police a/c operate from both airfields and heliports, but for a long time now it has been a requirement to have approved wx facilities at all these bases, I always found the finger held up to the wind less than satisfactory,at night when there is full cloud cover and the site is in trees,studying the nearest metars and tafs indicate the wx but still do not accurately indicate local conditions, whilst driving to a properly regulated site may be slightly inconvenient to the very few, it would provide a much needed additional safety to the public.
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