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To imply that anyone on a board is directed as to the findings is calumny.
That statement is risible given the evidence on fatal accident threads in this very forum. In one case the BoI President himself told Squadron Pilots of the real conclusions of his Board, which was greatly at variance to its published report. The reason was that they had been directed not to alienate the aircraft manufacturer stateside...
Any Military Inquiry that investigates an accident that might uncover evidence liable to bring the Military Air Regulator (the MAA/MOD) into disrepute will be so directed, although most of the effort will be in keeping such witnesses or evidence from the Inquiry in the first place. The Odiham Test Pilot being such a witness. He was never interviewed by the Mull BoI, despite urgently requesting to be so.