Was just going to post this, doesn't sound good https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-guernsey-46954922?
From what I have read he was supposed to meet club officials last night but didn't show up. Very sad indeed if the worst is confirmed
Sadly it will be. You don't survive this long in the ocean this time of year (or ever arguably) - very sad news.
This guy seems qualified to have an opinion on it..... After the Leicester owner tragedy, safety you would think would be taken more seriously. These private planes don't look like they can be trusted. They cost a lot of money to run and so rich people own them. But would you go in one given a chance? Wouldn't be worth the risk as they aren't as reliable as every day aircrafts.
I have a niece who lives in the Channel Islands and have been on the Condor Ferry from Poole to see her, times many. A lot of passengers suffer sea sickness en route due to the inhospitable sea conditions, so unfortunately you wont probably expect to find any survivors if that light plane has gone into the sea. Very sad event indeed.
Certainly much less safe statistically than commerical airlines but still marginally safer than getting in a car from a fatality point of view. Would you get in one of those?
Not really. Very vulnerable with a single prop aircraft. With a twin engined plane if one engine fails , you've got a chance of getting the thing back on the deck. Worst air journey I ever had by air was on a Sea King en route to a visit to a North Sea Gas exploration rig. Blowing a gale , so we were thrown all over the place. Very relieved when it finally put down.
I was talking about the safety record of private planes in general not whether or not it was an appropriate aircraft for the journey. What was the backup plan for a rota failure on the sea king by the way?
I really don't know Gally. It was a visit organised by Shell UK and involved their top ten Buyers of Oil and Gas in the U.K. I'm sure they must have had contingency plans if we had got into trouble. All they did as we boarded in Bacton, was go through the emergency procedure a bit like they do on commercial flights. Around two years after my visit, there was an incident with the result that Shell finally stopped doing the visits. The emergency procedure on the rig was primitive. It was simply a buoyant bell with circular benches, radio transmitter and buckets inside. If the alarm sounded you were told to get in the bell, which was dropped into the sea. It didn't have an engine, so you would just bob around whilst help arrived.
Touch wood I have never had an accident whilst in a car. I know people I wouldn't particularly want to get in a car with though I know a few people who have been hit by cars as pedestrians, but being in a car no problem at all. Probably wouldn't be a fan of a private jet. Accidents in them have happened for decades. Even as far back as Buddy Holly or Patsy Cline and newsworthy plane accidents still happen regularly. They don't seem to be that much safer nowadays than decades ago, despite advances with modern technology.
I can't recall any other recent private jet accidents? They are used regularly and the ones you hear of are the ones where people get killed. It's very rare. Thousands upon thousands of flights daily go without issue. Think we need to put things into perspective.