Edset
Hi DV:
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Following the XV227 incident the SCP was brought back into operation by RTI/NIMROD/119, dated 26th April 05, and was back to its "significant hazard" status at the time of XV230's accident.
Presumably you are quoting the QinetiQ zonal hazard assessment of the fuel system. If that assessment is correct, we can only conclude that, since the day that the MR2 entered service, every time the SCP was switched on the aircraft and the crew were at significant risk of a fire. The SCP was installed before the AAR system, so the BAe designers had a clean sheet to work on. Are you suggesting that BAe designed a dangerous aircraft for the RAF to fly?
Ed
Refering to para 40 of the BoI report:
The Board concludes that the formal incorporation of AAR capability within the Nimrod did not identify the full implications of successive changes to the fuel system and was a possible Contributory Factor in the loss of XV230.