wokkamate,
If I may elaborate. At the start of this thread (Sorry, the original thread) we were asked NOT to speculate on the root cause of this tragic event (I refrain from calling it an accident).
When the CAA publish their findings, we may still not have a definitive cause...only possibilities. We can speculate 'till the cows come home but, we don't know if the crash occurred due to:
Engine failure
Control restriction
Airframe failure
Pilot error
Etc, Etc
What we can say is that the aircraft did not crash because the bang seat cart was out of date.
Thankfully, the man at the centre of this is still alive, and may hold the answer.
I am not trying to gloss over this tragic event, I just, like others, do not wish to lay blame where it is not justified (Yet?).
Last edited by O-P; 25th Dec 2015 at 00:30.
Reason: Adding the sorry bit