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RAF sits on Nimrod reports - Times Online
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RAF sits on Nimrod reports

The report makes similar conclusions to those made by Andrew Walker, Deputy Oxford Coroner, with regard to the XV230 incident, also blaming misalignment of fuel pipes and couplings.
It said most fuel leaks into the bomb bays of Nimrod MR2 aircraft had been caused by misaligned pipes or couplings and that some in the second aircraft were out by as much as 10 degrees, well outside safety limits.
It also criticised the lack of training given to technicians servicing the aircraft and their supervisors on fitting certain types of couplings, despite the same problem being reported by the official RAF board of inquiry into the fatal XV230 incident.
Calls for proper training to be given to the technicians had been ignored for more than six months and had only been implemented in December after the second incident.
The report, which was a flight safety investigation rather than a full-scale board of inquiry, noted that “the emotional issues relating to the tragic loss of XV230 had a massive impact on way that this emergency was dealt with.”