Navy Sea King tip strike 17 May 04

[snaggletooth]

Here's hoping the Langdale-Ambleside/Kendal MRT member makes a full recovery. Reports are that his injuries aren't life threatening.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3722943.stm

[jayteeto]

Is the SOP nowadays to cut the cable? 'Fell out of his harness' sounds unusual. If it was a cable cut, this emphasises just how big those winchman's cahooners need to be.

[snaggletooth]

The MRT Member 'came out of the harness', either thru his own volition or due to the violent a/c manoeuvre.

TBC, duty rumour at the mo' is that apparently they attempted to cut the cable, but, for whatever reason, the system malfunctioned (shades of 'The Green Lilly' & Bill Deacon RIP).

[witchdoctor]

Reporting on the news here tonight that the accident investigator sent to look at the site has also become a cropper on the hillside. Hope that gives him/her a little more appreciation of what may have caused the accident.