Christopher Bland on Transport

I think the Inquiry took place but it’s a long time before they really … British Hovercraft Corporation really got down to what was the problem because a particular Hovercraft had come back from the Far East where it had been on trial for an oil exploration job and it had some odd planking on the side. You can see it on that picture

There was a theory that perhaps it’s because it wasn’t absolutely standard was why it had happened and that was actually a red herring. It turned out to be the up boards being pushed in so there were a few red herrings as to the cause, but  there was obviously a combination of tide, time and a pretty big gust of wind that came from somewhere I think just at the wrong moment, didn’t it?