I didn't think the good Admiral came across as a w*nker at all. He made a good, credible job of trying calmly to explain what actually happened to a fairly agressive journo who understood the square root of fa about combat or military aviation and whose sole aim was to inflict the maximum embarrasment on the spokesman for the wicked military. The journo and the femail lawyer interviewed later were bending the coroner's statements to meet their own agendas.
That is not to say that the incident was a most regrettable tragedy, as are all actions resulting in death. However, every land action that results in casualties can be analysed afterwards in the comfort and safety of hindsight by ignorant civilians and blame attached to some poor blighter who was doing his best under pressures and in circumstances that no civilian can imagine or understand.
When I saw the Admiral later on the box I couldn't believe how young he looked. I'm obviously getting too old.