Surprised at the not-guilty verdict on the jet pilot who crashed killing 11 people...

[Old Blue 2]

Shoreham Airshow crash pilot acquitted over deaths

Andrew Hill is found not guilty of the manslaughter of 11 men in the Shoreham Airshow crash.

www.bbc.co.uk

"...In 2017 a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch also found the disaster was caused by pilot error after the plane was too slow and too low during the loop manoeuvre..."

 

[chrismpw]

When there's a surprise like this, I think you'll find the individual is, ahem, 'well connected.'

This is the UK remember - champions of the cover up.

Then again, part of me longs for the world where accidents were allowed to happen, before the police started with their moronic and extremist "there's no such thing as an accident" blame culture and the consequently litigious society where you hear of people successfully suing a shop for not controlling the plaintiff's children resulting in an accident.

It's not as if he set out to deliberately crash.

 

[Frang]

He has to live with the fact he accidentally killed 11 people and survived himself...

 

[peteblue]

He has to live with the fact he accidentally killed 11 people and survived himself...

This really....

 

[Toast]

How he survived that crash is amazing.
The cockpit footage they showed in court must be some watch like.

I literally should have been on that road at that exact time, but I got bladdered the night before and was too hungover to drive.

 

[Old Blue 2]

This really....

Which is scant consolation, pete, for the families of those 11...

 

[chrismpw]

Which is scant consolation, pete, for the families of those 11...

But then revenge should not be a factor in justice. It won't bring their loved ones back.

 

[Frang]

Which is scant consolation, pete, for the families of those 11...

if he was drunk or off his head i'd agree.. but surely it was just a tragic accident caused by him making some mis-calculations

 

[peteblue]

Which is scant consolation, pete, for the families of those 11...

Of course....accidents do unfortunately happen...

 

[Old Blue 2]

But then revenge should not be a factor in justice. It won't bring their loved ones back.

It is not a matter of revenge. That, in my view, is trivialising the matter.

It is a matter of this, which I posted in my first post: "...In 2017 a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch also found the disaster was caused by pilot error after the plane was too slow and too low during the loop manoeuvre..."

 

[Frang]

It is not a matter of revenge. That, in my view, is trivialising the matter.

It is a matter of this, which I posted in my first post: "...In 2017 a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch also found the disaster was caused by pilot error after the plane was too slow and too low during the loop manoeuvre..."

lets hang him..

dear me. im sure he is paying for it more than we will know

 

[Old Blue 2]

if he was drunk or off his head i'd agree.. but surely it was just a tragic accident caused by him making some mis-calculations

Oh well, that's alright then...

This guy carried out a manoeuvre at an airshow that was concluded by the authorities to be too slow and too low for the manoeuvre. There has to be some accountability for his actions. If you or I miscalculated and as a result we killed people on the road, do you really think we would walk away scot-free?

 

[Old Blue 2]

lets hang him..

dear me. im sure he is paying for it more than we will know

Please don't be stupid...

 

[ijjysmith]

I can’t decide my opinion on this.

He obviously didn’t do it on purpose. And it’s an airshow where pilots are supposed to wow aren’t they? There’s bound to be a risk that this horrible thing could happen.

Unless I’ve missed something where he did do something wrong?

 

[Billysgingham.]

lets hang him..

dear me. im sure he is paying for it more than we will know

So are the families of the dead people.