'Safety flaws' over Top Gear crash.AN INVESTIGATION into the high-speed crash which nearly claimed the life of Solihull-born presenter Richard Hammond has identified "failings in the BBC's safety management systems". But it concluded no-one should be prosecuted over the incident. The crash happened in September last year while Hammond was driving a Vampire, a jet-powered drag-racer capable of nearly 300mph. The Top Gear presenter survived the crash at Elvington airfield, near York. A report by the Health and Safety Executive concluded that the crash was caused by a "catastrophic failure A catastrophic failure is a sudden and total failure of some system from which recovery is impossible. The affected system not only experiences destruction beyond any reasonable possibility of repair, but also frequently causes injury, death, or significant damage to other, often " of the Vampire's front offside off·side also off·sides adv. & adj. 1. Sports Illegally ahead of the ball or puck in the attacking zone. 2. tyre at 288mph. It identified failings in the BBC's safety management systems relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc risk assessment. |
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