2007 Puma Crash, Enquiry and Inquest (Merged)

[Flying Lawyer]

you'llneverguesswhat

Certain things have been brought up that will be very interesting in the near future. The BoI for one. How can it come up with anything other than the verdict that the coroner has already sumised?

It may or may not, but it would be a mistake to assume that a specialist inquiry would necessarily come to the same conclusion(s) as a local coroner.

For example, an extract from the Nimrod Review:

The Coroner’s Inquest produced little factual evidence of value to the Review. The Coroner’s finding as to the likely source of fuel did not accord with the realistic probabilities, or the evidence before him, and his Rule 43 recommendation (that the Nimrod fleet should be grounded pending certain repairs) was based on his misunderstanding of the meaning of As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP). The Coroner’s widely-publicised remark that the MOD had a “cavalier approach to safety” was unjustified.