Been away but had this reply from Adam Ingram waiting for me when I got back:
. . . . . usual intro lines, refers to EDM 829, etc, then, para 3:
"You are no doubt aware that we responded to the Select Committee Report on 22 July and that Statements were made in both Houses.
"All the complex technical and legal issues, including airmanship issues raised in the Report have been examined fully, as has the further work commissioned from Boeing. The only expalnation that fits all the known and agreed facts is the conclusion reached by the Board of Inquiry: that the pilots flew the aircraft at high speed, low, in contravention of "visual flight rules", into the Mull. The Ministry of Defence, therefore, remains unable to support the conclusions of the latest report into this tragic accident/
"Copies of the . . . . full response in Library of House . . . . etc and on Internet :
http://www.mod.uk/linked_files/publi...k_response.pdf
signed Adam Ingram
Help me - was the above 'the conclusion reached by the Board'?
and when was the 'further work' done by Boeing? Before or after the House of Lords Report? Indeed, were these the 'known and agreed facts'?
I'd like to respond strongly to AI, hence the request.