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Old 2nd September 2003 | 21:16
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Spikeee
 
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The aircraft doesnt look in all that bad condition considering it just was "partially demolishing" a house.

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Just reading the AAIB report and he seems to have been thorough with a lot of things and done all he could in the time (apart from the major error of the mis-calculation). He must have had a very high work load, as with any emergency i suppose.

But i think its worth reading to a lot of people commenting on his 'negligence' as it may be.


Both the pilot and a firemen who reached the scene a matter of minutes after the impact, recalled seeing fuel seeping from damage to the right wing, but none of the eyewitnesses were able to recall seeing or smelling fuel in the area of the severely damaged left wing.
It could have been the unusable fuel but maybe not...

The pilot and fireman would have had a better view toward this i'd presume and are in a more qualified position to judge.

I havent read it all yet because my breaks about to finish at work but its interesting.


Spike

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