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Old 3rd Feb 2017, 21:07
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wiggy
 
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Thoughts?

...this is an internet thread of armchair experts speculating without access to all available facts, without experience of the requisite skills or the characteristics of the specific aircraft.

The thread is full of crap. (sorry, I stared at the screen for ages to get the precise wording). Nobody posting here actually 'knows' any pertinent fact -it is just guesswork, mostly bad.

The thought that Sussex Police ........are trawling here for expert testimony fills me with alarm for the future of justice in this case.
And not just this case. I know we are in the "post expert" era but this is rediculous.

Hypothetically let's say someone has a accident driving an old car such a Ford Capri......would one expect the police to trawl a hypothetical "former Ford Capri owners forum," asking "what do you think caused the accident" and then using those regarded as giving the most suitable answer as some form of expert witness.

(Nothing against Capri's BTW, used to have one.)
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