‘Andy would have done anything to prevent tragedy’

THE devastated partner of the co-pilot killed in the Cork Airport disaster said last night that he would have done everything in his power to prevent the tragedy.

Andrew Cantle’s long-term girlfriend, Beth Webster, 25, from York in England, spoke out after it emerged that Mr Cantle, and not the flight’s commander, Jordi Lopez, was listed in the aircraft’s technical log as the ‘pilot flying’ at the controls of the Manx2 flight when it crashed on its third attempt to land in thick fog on February 10.

“I know that Andy would have done everything in his power to prevent this tragedy from happening, as he was such a caring ‘people’ person and a natural lifesaver, proved through his past service and commitment to the RNLI,” Ms Webster said.