Well, as my dad used to say ... " Always pick your landing spot, well before your engine fails or you get shot or shelled, 'cos you have not time to think about it on the way down..." ... his last flight was in a Spitfire aged 75 .... and he survived 3 air crashes! I guess, wrt this tragedy, the A27 looked better than the woods at 500 feet ... not a judgement, just an observation. . Richard