Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:21 pm
#1871579
CloudHound wrote:I was troubled for years following a helicopter crash which took the life of the pilot and a Football Club owner over Cheshire.
There is a route from the top of the Low Level Corridor all the way to Birmingham at 1000' following the M6.
However, the controller warned the pilot of high ground ahead and he climbed into cloud, lost it and.....
Needless to say but it is ultimately the Commanders decision as to what he does with his aircraft when choosing to fly in such weather conditions (and bearing in mind his qualifications, ability and recency).
Perhaps if the controller speaking to Kobe Bryant’s pilot had advised of “high ground ahead” they would all be alive today.
Bit disingenuous (to say the least) suggesting that the controller was at fault for Matthew Harding’s helicopter accident.