In fairness to ShotOne this is the UK coroners report into the death of the co-pilot Chris Wilson and not a report on the accident which occurred 3 years ago. It is interesting and somewhat ironic that an official UK investigation into an African aircraft accident would reach such a bizarre conclusion as to the most probable cause..........the real reason is more complicated and speaks volumes on Aviation safety and general oversight on the part of local civil aviation authorities and operators alike...... A one meter long crocodile which can be seen in one of the photos (tied up) had nothing to do with the accident - fuel starvation is - following an on site investigation by two pilots and civil aviation inspectors a few hours after the crash, NO fuel was present on one side with the engine shut down and propeller feathered, while the other had just 100lts or 20 minutes with an unservicable fuel boost pump. Based on departure fuel(Which was recorded) route flown and specific fuel consumption for the LET - There would have been only around 80-100 lts remaining at the time of the accident when there should have been more than twice that amount for a similar flight. The only survivor changed his story 3 times in the week following the crash - and as the airline was paying for all his hospital and medical bills......it is not difficult to ascertain why he did so! The cockpit voice and flight data recorder were both removed the same day and brought to Kinshasa where they conveniently disappeared!
