It sounds rather incredible… but not many DA42s go down unless they run out of fuel.
I would treat ANY information emanating from this part of the world with a big grain – no, make that a mountain – of salt.
Allegedly the pilot reported he was turning back due to an unspecified issue, and then vanished.
not many DA42s go down unless they run out of fuel
What pilots in a DA42 are immune from mistakes?? This is a bold claim.
Jason can you offer a detailed explanation as to how
What pilots in a DA42 are immune from mistakes?? This is a bold claim.
is derived from my post above?
You said not many DA42s go down unless they run out of fuel. I was challenging the assertion that they are any different from other types where problems are predominantly pilot created. Why are you surprised that a DA42 would crash?
Jason Okay …Peter was not making bold claims or even statements IMHO..the context is here is different then the assumption of flying skills…just saying
Has anything ever come up about what happened?
A google on the reg turns up the ASN report which has some links.
They recovered the two bodies and from them you could normally tell if it was a bomb (embedded bits) and this is not mentioned.
Kathryns report has more.
There might be more on google further down…
„Liquid does not compress so it is worse than granite that’s why the aircraft was shattered to small pieces. The biggest piece is the tail of around 1.5 metres,” Loizou said.
Physics lesson for me please. Water will at least diverge around an object a bit. If a plane hits granite wouldn’t the bits be even smaller?
