Lu, Slingload,
It's not just the number of people involved in the crash, though nigh on thirty people losing their lives is a shocking tragedy in and of itself. What caught the attention initially was the fact that the passengers on the flight were the top people involved in our war against terrorists. This made the crash very high profile indeed, with one possible cause of it being terrorist action. This got the papers digging, who started raising more questions, which started raising suspicions and so on. When the BoI findings of Pilot Error were found to be a little suspect (original findings over-ruled by senior officers, against the RAF's own regulations) the instinctive British reaction against miscarriages of justice was kicked into action and suddenly anything to do with the crash became of interest. It gained a momentum of its own. A number of inquiries have found for various reasons that the Pilot Error finding could not and should not be upheld, but the MoD has rejected each and every one. The MoD has painted itself into a corner and, having been beaten over the head with the various findings, has staunchly defended its position. Hopefuly, the Lords have come along with a big enough stick to beat some sense into them. (IMHO)
Colin