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Extracts may be published without specific permission providing that the source is duly acknowledged, the material is reproduced accurately and is not used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. From the Preliminary (my term; their term Interim) Report...

This statement is misleading if not just plain WRONG! Preliminaryreport was not clear enough for me. And it wouldn't be for the full inquest with a jury.

Preliminary crash report: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/55e993f5ed915d06a100002c/S3-2015_G-BXFI.pdf

Message was sent by EMail with a specific request to share by relations rather than the family. Even then I did not share it in case there was a mistake, not until the local press shared it. Then I was happy about the ID of the sender.

Planes are designed to glide to safety in most circumstances* but there is always/often a critical height on take off where it is not possible. *I still find this hard to believe but we were told this at a Coroner's Inquest (I was on the jury). Apparently this also applies to helicopters...

Thanks for posting this. Source: Daily Telegraph.

The constant sound of the jets going to Gatwick was and is pissing me off. Within two miles at ground level measurements. I expect these don't count and they are trying to stop drones. A biplane was over the site yesterday afternoon.

I think it means when a Red Arrow has a malfunction a high aerobatic jet has an ability to glide down or at least attempt to land over a non-populated area (so I was told at a Coroners Inquest into a aircraft fatality) but at low level* this option is not available. But the option was not...

It did not seem to be a bird strike.

The Adur Valley is safe enough for the large planes. With hindsight the jet should have been further north.

Pic of the jet going over the fields up the Adur Valley: https://www.flickr.com/photos/phal44/20167858743/

The pictures with the Albion Training Complex in the background would be taken with a 300+ m lens from Mill Hill.

Crash happened on runway alignment and the lights were green or else the casualties would be higher. Impact also occurred on the cyclepath and other casualties may be people watching the planes land or cycling past. The jet was flying over open fields and it always seems it is about to crash (I...