Pre-Inquest Meeting
I understand that the families returned from another pre-inquest meeting last Friday with a pile of reports and documents supplied by MoD. However, missing from the pile were two important reports (yes, you have guessed them), the QinetiQ report referred to by Des Browne and the Stn Cmdr, and the QinetiQ combustion report. I wonder why?
Let's try this for size. The combustion report does not, as reported by Stn Cmdr, "provide compelling evidence that leaves little doubt that the cross feed or the SCP pipe assembly was the probable source of ignition". It simply states that, based on the little inforamtion available, the source identified by the BOI could be a source. And, the famous Des Browne QinetiQ report, does not state that the Nimrod fuel system, in total, is safe, it simply focusses on those sections identified in the BOI report, with conditions. It does not clear the items metioned in the 2006 report, nor does it clear the AAR system.
DV