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Old 5th May 2008, 20:57
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Independent article from Sunday 4th May:

Army chiefs 'ignored warnings' spy plane was unsafe to fly...

The Ministry of Defence is bracing itself for what is set to be the most damaging allegations so far over failure to provide service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan with adequate equipment. An inquest this week into 14 men who died when an ageing Nimrod spy plane exploded in mid-air in 2006 will hear evidence that the MoD ignored repeated warnings from RAF pilots and ground crew that the planes were unsafe to fly.
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