Just heard of this. RIP to the crew member lost and condolences to family and friends.
Merlin Crash In Channel
Merlin Crash In Channel
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Very sad news.
Even in relative peacetime these guys and girls have a demanding role that most in civvie street take for granted.
RIP
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Sadly so true Geoff. Although in the UK most military flights end in 'ex' for exercise. The flying part is not an exercise, it's real. If a component goes wrong or the pilots make a poor judgement even the weather can play a major role. Mr Gravity is very unforgiving. In a car and your engine fails you stop or pull over. in a ship, if your engines fail - you stop but you're still afloat. Sadly - if an engine in a flying machine stops - gravity kicks in and you're going down.
Aircraft safety is way better than it was 20-40 years ago where this type of event was frequent. But sadly it does happen. Those involved know the risks but just accept it as part of what they do be it training or operations.Comment
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A very tragic accident. Condolences to the family and friends of the dead crew member.Comment
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That's very sad news indeed.Arnold Judas Rimmer BSc SSc
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Saw that on AOL tonight, very sad , condolences to the family and friends.Comment
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Fair winds and following seas shipmateComment
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That is such sad news.Strength isn't about what you can do, rather it's about overcoming what you thought you couldn't do.Comment
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That bites, hate hearing this, condolences to the families of the crew.Give Blood, Play Rugby, cause everyone knows football is for whimps!Comment
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