Microlight pilot's 'precision' manoeuvre ended in death crash due

A MICROLIGHT instructor demonstrating a "precision" manoeuvre while well over the pilots' alcohol limit made a fatal misjudgement and died in a crash-landing.Jaysukh Madhvani was killed instantly after severing his spine when his plane clipped a tree, went out of control and dived into the ground at Plaistow Farm in Potters Crouch on March 28 last year, an inquest heard.His student Kay Bolton who was sitting in the rear of the aircraft was pulled unconscious from the wreckage by rescuers and airlifted to hospital after suffering multiple internal injuries. Although she has recovered, she has no memory of the accident and sat with her head in her hands when the accident was recounted at Tuesday's inquest. Mr Madhvani, aged 54, of Barnet, was an experienced chief flying instructor of his company Jay Airsports based at Plaistow Farm.He had been training Mrs Bolton for her pilot's licence and he needed to demonstrate an engine-off landing in a microlight.

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