Suspension of Nimrod AAR
Suspension of Nimrod AAR.
A decision to suspend temporarily all Nimrod air to air refuelling has been made following the discovery of a fuel leak on a Nimrod MR2 which landed safely in the Middle East on 8 November following an air-to-air re-fuelling operation. An investigation into the cause of the fuel leak is underway. The temporary suspension is purely a precautionary measure and the decision should not be construed as pre-judging the findings of the Board of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the loss of XV230. The Board of Inquiry investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash of XV230 over Afghanistan is still underway and has not come to any firm conclusions on the cause of the crash. It would be unhelpful to speculate on the causes of the crash until the Board of Inquiry has reported.