Firstly I have to comment on the superb post by Maroonman4.....you have hit the nail on the head there fella...lets hope the BOI do indeed recognise it.
Secondly can we please please get away from the self admiration society and stop praising 771. Now, normally, when disembarked they perform heroic and admirable work helping the community of the SW. But on this occasion they conducted a winch transfer of 3 aircrew (trained in winching) from a big ship in a Sea state 2 on a Blue-Blue day - easy peasy.
Not sure the fuel was contaminated as that would have led to them ditching before they reached MLA. Nope, I think on this occasion they were hoodwinked into thinking mother was closer than she actually was. They T42 has a well documented problem of nav slippage and it wouldn't surprise me at all if the position the ship was telling the aircrew that they were at was completely B*****ks.