Originally Posted by londonman
I don't agree. No-one is suggesting that they would be parked right alongside the runway but if sufficiently far enough away, they would at least give him some indication as to where the runway was.
Feel free to disagree and deny the evidence, but that reason alone was sufficient, vehicles far enough out not to be a hazard would have been useless for lighting the runway. The number of vehicles required would also be prohibitive. There are numerous other reasons too.
I think he did a tremendous job and take my hat off to him. It's not a crime to have had some hands on, that's good and I think saved his life on this occasion. He was an unlicensed passenger, he doesn't have to defend that.
The give away for me was the self initiated go around in the dark.
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