In the MOD report into the incident:
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/887DE..._lcpl_hull.pdf
There is an interesting footnote on page 25, which
possibly comes from General [Blanked out] who was responsible for 'the direction given to the US FFIB' which led the MOD to believe that the US FFIB findings 'will be reconsidered'
2. Quote:
'The findings of the board (US FFIB) that cognitive and physical task overload, inneffective communication and failure to recognise identification panels contributed to the terrible loss of life, injury and damage are difficult to square with a finding that no procedures were violated. In view of the above, the Commander Coalition Forces Air Component Command should reconsider the actions of subordinate personel for possible administrative or disciplinary action as he deems appropriate.
I wonder why they did not blank out that quote - looks like someone in US command recognised that their conclusions were not consistent with the data....so, DID they reconsider, and if so, WHY did they reach the same conclusion, and if they did not reconsider, why not? Or was someone trying to sweet-talk an MOD enquiry.
Curiously, the MOD report was first published 6 March 2006, removed 'due to security concerns 31 January 2007, then republished 7th February 2007. I wonder what the security concerns were, and why they went away.....