It is the most important example of what we are talking about, but it is not the point of what we are talking about.
To get a point across, especially one so important but also so willfully ignored, it is good to use examples that aircrew and maintainers can relate to.
Regardless of which example you choose, be it MoK, Nimrod, C130, Tornado or whatever, you always get back to the same basic facts. The regulations designed to prevent the accidents were willfully ignored, despite pointed warnings from MoD staffs to those
same few responsible. If they had been implemented, the accidents would have been avoided.
The truth, when revealed (and
not by any of the above BoIs), came as no surprise whatsoever as it merely reflected prior warnings. That is perhaps
THE key point here, which very few either here or in MoD understand. The system did not work as the root cause was not identified by the BoI. It was revealed by those had given the prior warnings, as a direct reaction to BoI reports which avoided the awkward truth.
That is the root problem and it must be eliminated. However, no-one, including MoD, Government, Police, HSE and CPS has shown the will to do so. The aim is always to prevent recurrence. MoD failed in that aim and no amount of police involvement was able to prevent that.
To try and fail is one thing, but to have that aim deliberately and knowingly sabotaged by the very officers charged with achieving it is criminal. The sooner MoD and Government acknowledge this, the better. Then they can look at the MAA/MAAIB/Police structure sensibly.