Unlicensed pilot flew plane that crashed, killing 5
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Ah hah! G-AVTN in 1975.
It's documented on the glenforsa website (I wish I'd started there) and on aviation-safety.net but can't find anything on AAIB.
The riddle of the lost flight | This Britain | News | The Independent seems to have the whole story but who in their right minds would think a pilot seemed competent enough to land at Glenforsa at night. It gave me hiccoughs to try to land there in the middle of a sunny afternoon!
Edit: and more recently http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3467055.stm
Even mentions the scallop diver!
It's documented on the glenforsa website (I wish I'd started there) and on aviation-safety.net but can't find anything on AAIB.
The riddle of the lost flight | This Britain | News | The Independent seems to have the whole story but who in their right minds would think a pilot seemed competent enough to land at Glenforsa at night. It gave me hiccoughs to try to land there in the middle of a sunny afternoon!
Edit: and more recently http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3467055.stm
Even mentions the scallop diver!
Last edited by akaSylvia; 2nd Dec 2015 at 20:39. Reason: added another reference.
From the BBC link above. A Royal Navy spokesman said:
"Sorry Chiefy, one metre too deep for us. Too bl**dy dangerous."
Also we're not sure whether our divers, who are trained to go down to 30 metres, will be safe as parts of the plane are submerged at 31 metres.
GTW,
My tongue-in-cheek point was that the spokesman was probably misinformed. Non-decompression diving, which is what I and most recreational divers do, is limited to 30m. Deeper than that, you will need a decompression stop, on top of the safety stop which most divers do these days.
I am sure military divers, using conventional SCUBA gear, routinely go below 30 m, with appropriate safety measures and decompression stops.
My tongue-in-cheek point was that the spokesman was probably misinformed. Non-decompression diving, which is what I and most recreational divers do, is limited to 30m. Deeper than that, you will need a decompression stop, on top of the safety stop which most divers do these days.
I am sure military divers, using conventional SCUBA gear, routinely go below 30 m, with appropriate safety measures and decompression stops.
