Originally Posted by
Epimetheus
Could one of the more informed contributors here answer the following:
If the Times report is true about an alleged incident on Monday, and if the nature of this alleged incident is considered to be related to the findings (to date)of the BOI on 230, then could this delay the BOI on 230 should the BOI teamwish to inspect/investigate this latest alleged incident? Or is the BOI regarded as a separate and closed matter to the one airframe, the accident and its in-service history?
As no one has answered your question may I speculate.
The BOI on 230 will indeed be a separate matter to the one airframe (note the wording) however it is extremely probably that the latest incident will be used by the 230 BOI. There will most likely be a separate BOI for the latest incident.
My reasoning for the 230 BOI using the latest aircraft is that they will undoubtedly have looked at other Nimrods to gain an understanding of all the possible points of failure. An actual failure will possibly help them identify the most probable points of failure on 230.