ALTAM
I think that is more the influence that MoD had in those days. The trust us, we will investigate and let you know what happened was alive and well and was trusted by civil authorities.
I believe you are correct. Now the Crown Office has to go along with the errors of the past for fear of having to admit that their judgement was flawed. Following the release of the SI report into the Moray Firth accident, several meetings took place between the Crown Office and the MAA, but nothing between the Crown Office and families.
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