You could be right but this was
"After the runway excursion."
The Cessna was out of control long before then.
He did a very high speed taxi after landing and then before he got anywhere near any downwash he'd swung to the right, then careered out of control off the left side of the runway and smashed through a runway light before getting airborne so sharply the Cessna tail scraped the grass.
It seems any downwash from the SK was very weak by the time the Cessna went through it
and if he hadn't gone off the runway he wouldn't have encountered in anyway.
From what I've heard, it would have hit either a hangar or the Tower next to it if he hadn't stalled in - with probably more deaths.
Another thing which struck me was that he had his throttle friction set so tight the AAIB had difficulty pulling it back. Maybe that explains why he didn't or couldn't just stop if he was worried about the Sea King.
What possesses someone to set the throttle friction so tight so close to the ground?
You may well be right about the MoD
PR aspect - MoD fighting widow and children etc.
Still, at least the 50% settlement shows the family's lawyers realised he played a major part in his own demise whatever they say to journos. If it was as clear-cut as they make out they wouldn't have given away £5million.
Funny how they forgot to mention they'd settled for half when trumpeting the £5million to the Press.
If what Bronx says about the ACM's comments is correct, it looks like Sir John Day shot the RAF in the foot again.