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The 2002 report references 39 other reports and documents. As of last month, MoD claims not to have any of them. And in 2014 MoD and Minister Philip Dunne claimed to have no knowledge of the 2002 report (and by extension, the 39 references). If there is a hazard log, safety case, etc, then MoD is admitting they are not referenced in it. Given the evidence relates to the Tolerable and ALARP statement, the Safety Case and RTS cannot therefore be valid in critical areas.
Readers may recall the basis of the charge against M-B was that it did not provide information to MoD in 1990 about the risk of over-tightening the Drogue Shackle Nut. Yesterday, the Health and Safety Executive confirmed, in writing, that it was well aware of witness evidence that MoD DID have the information, before 1990, and also that the modification to eliminate the risk was turned down by MoD in or around 1990. And on various occasions since. That, it did not think this exculpatory evidence 'relevant' enough to pass to the judge. This admission means perjury at the Inquest in 2014 is a distinct possibility, as it was claimed then that MoD had no knowledge whatsoever of the risk.
The Service Inquiry said the information could not be found, yet referenced various reports that set it out (stating they were 'non germane'). Where did it get that information, given MoD claimed not to have it? This is not the first time a Service Inquiry/BoI has cited documents that other parts of MoD have flatly denied the existence of. Chinook ZD576 and Sea King ASaC mid-air are the most obvious ones I can think of.