Da4orce, I am not arguing whether serious fuel leaks have occurred on the Nimrod or not - I already know the answer. What I am agreeing with camelspyyder about is the reporting of simple numbers of leaks without, on the whole, quantifying the degree and location of leakage (a flowing leak from the trailing edge is probably no more dangerous than a fuel dump, whereas a constant drip onto an engine could be disastrous).
The Panorama programme made a great thing of the high number of fuel leaks on the Nimrod in the past few months but failed to mention that the majority of those numbers were minor.
Yes, let the press go ahead and highlight the few possibly dangerous leaks, but don't simply reel off numbers of all leaks no matter how minor they are.
MadMark!!!
