Indeed, Piers. One of my key points when teaching aircrew about Spatial
Disorientation is that SD alone is not the killer; SD plus another risk factor
such as distraction, pressure (e.g. from an external agency or from cockpit
gradient) is.
Thanks for pointing out that Vulcan accident; I had thought the earliest was
the high speed fuselage failure.
Chris
> On 2 Mar 17, at 08:26, piers@xxxxxxxx <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have to say, Chris, that your final paragraph seems to be the most
> appropriate conclusion in the circumstances, perhaps with the addition
> after "pressure of the occasion" of "and the presence of the Air Marshal".
> It was clearly not a run of the mill exercise, and maybe serves to show
> that even a ceremonial jolly can go spectacularly wrong.
>
> Yes, there are clearly inconsistencies in the various stories (note I used
> the word "allegedly") and perhaps also in the Inquiry, which I have not
> read it, but if you think Wikipedia is in need of correction, I would look
> forward to your edits :-)
>
> Piers
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