Looks like the
Grauniad is seeking to wrench away the crown for mainstream-media aviation reporting from the
Daily Mail:-
Questions raised over why state-of-the-art jet carrying three relatives of Osama Bin Laden came down at end of long runway at Blackbushe airport
Questions have been raised over the cause of Friday’s plane crash in which three members of the Bin Laden family were killed, given the aircraft had used the runway, which is fitted with hi-tech safety features, regularly in recent months.
The Saudi-registered Embraer Phenom 300 jet was attempting to land at Blackbushe airport on the Hampshire/ Surrey border when it crashed on to dozens of vehicles parked at a car auction site close to the runway.
The £7m state-of-the-art plane, equipped with fly-by-wire electronic system that is supposed to make it easy to control, was a regular visitor to the airport, according to pilots who use Blackbushe.
It was attempting a landing in near-perfect conditions on a runway that was fitted with Precision Approach Pathway Indicators (Papis).
The four indicators, which can be seen from more than half a mile away [!], all flash [!!] white if the pilot is coming in too high and red if too low. “It doesn’t make sense to me as an ordinary pilot why something that advanced and easy to fly would bury itself in the auction ground at the end of such a long runway,” said Simon Moores, a flight instructor and pilot who has flown from Blackbushe many times.
Sigh.
Bin Laden plane crash: aircraft went down in near-perfect conditions | UK news | The Guardian