Two pilots whose plane lost contact with air traffic control over the English Channel weren’t qualified to fly in clouds, investigators say.
A couple of minutes later, the plane was lost from radar, and it started to vary its direction and altitude before descending in a steepening right turn.
The AAIB said it has investigated numerous accidents when control of an aircraft was lost after intentionally or inadvertently entering cloud . Despite search efforts by UK and French rescuers, neither the bodies of the two men, nor their aircraft have been found. In a previous tribute, his family said: ‘Brian was one of the most caring, kind and honest men in the entire world.
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