This accident nearly cost the lives of hundreds of people in Carno. When bits of engines start landing at high velocity in primary school playgrounds then people have the right to start pointing fingers.
Which they did.
It was unfortunate and unfair that they via the media they mostly pointed their fingers at the RAF.
It is not inappropriate, on a specialist military aviation internet forum, to discuss the pros and cons of this, decade old, tragic accident.
Whilst all professional aviators, be they airborne or groundborne, have a natural tendency to see both sides in these instances - I am convinced that the Cessna pilot attracts the vast majority of blame for this accident.
How readily would people resort to stating the FACTS if that engine shroud had landed 55ft short and maimed class 2C instead of the corner of their playground next to their swings?
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