Well said, Simon! Thanks & Regards,
Nelson Handcock 0409 149919 http://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonhandcockaustralia On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Simon Hackett <si...@base64.com.au> wrote: > Derek, > > As it happened, I landed at Waikerie (in my Stemme - its flying again > after a long hiatus), on the day after this happened (i.e. yesterday). I > turned up there for reasons quite unrelated to the accident - and spoke to > some of the people who had witnessed the accident (again, as a side effect > of happening to be there anyway, nothing more). > > So - as it happens, I do have some idea of the answer to your question… > but I’m not going to speculate/explain here, because in doing so, I’d be > communicating third hand information about an accident that is actively > under investigation - which I would see as an irresponsible thing to do. > > This applies to any accident - I’m not singling out this one. > > We all have this totally understandable tendency to want to immediately > know *how* such an accident happened - I’m sure we’re all motivated by the > same thing here (trying to figure out how not to have it happen to us in > the future, whatever ‘it’ is!). > > Anyway, the points I’m making here are: > > - There were multiple witnesses > - It is being actively investigated > - I’m sure the people investigating it don’t need to deal with third hand > speculation on a mailing list in parallel to figuring this out properly > - Early information coming out of *any* accident scene is always > incomplete and often downright wrong (which feeds into the previous point) > > AND > > - I’m very happy to know that the pilot involved survived the experience > (while noting that I’m sure the experience was surely a traumatic one, and > that he’ll likely take a fair while to recover from it, in several senses) > > Regards, > Simon > > On 29 Feb 2016, at 3:59 PM, Derek <drudd...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Any idea why he didn’t land on the clear strip just to the right? > > > *From:* Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au > <aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au>] *On Behalf Of *Mark Newton > *Sent:* Monday, February 29, 2016 1:54 PM > *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Pete Cesco on TV > > On Feb 29, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Anthony Smith <anthony.sm...@adelaide.on.net> > wrote: > > > Which show was it on? > > > > https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/30949880/adelaide-doctor-recovering-in-hospital-after-glider-crash/#page1 > > - mark > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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