 The low level made it impossible for Stroud, Eames, Gamble, and Bassett to exit the aircraft and they were killed.In his book "The Hidden Truth" () Maurice Hamlin, a former member of the RAF on duty the day of the crash, claims that Harry Broadhurst ignored three direct orders to divert away from Heathrow due to the poor weather conditions (noting other aircraft had already been diverted).Pilots, he goes on to say, cannot ignore these orders but Hamlin believes that Broadhurst continued to attempt to land due to the waiting press and dignitaries.