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Trish Writes her Book
THE CRASH OF NIMROD XV230 : A Victim's Perspective.
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After Ben’s death Graham and Trish fought tirelessly to uncover the true state of the Nimrod fleet and to obtain an element of justice for Ben by bringing those people responsible for the fourteen deaths and the loss of XV230 to account.
Their son in Grahams words “was killed by incompetence, not by insurgents”, however the MoD and BAE Systems are a formidable force against an ordinary family and we do realise now that justice is very unlikely to prevail, even though the MoD have accepted responsibility. In an attempt to come to terms with everything that was happening to us at that time Trish began keeping a diary, she said she did not want such an horrific situation to eventually fade into normality. She recorded everything that happened to us on a daily basis for the first three months following Ben's death, and continued to record her feelings and our experiences as we struggled to live without Ben, at the same time attempting to obtain an element of justice for him.
This is her story, a mother’s story, written from a very unique viewpoint. The content of the book may surprise and distress some people but it is a personal account of a horrific experience. Hopefully when people have read the book they will feel some of the injustice we feel together with sadness for our son, Ben,
who was a very intelligent young man who put a smile on the face of everyone who knew him. |
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Date: December 18th 2007
Event: Board of Inquiry Media Reports
In an unprecedented move, Secretary of State for Defence, Des Browne, apologised to the families of the servicemen in the House of Commons.
Paying tribute to the servicemen who were killed, in what the Board of Inquiry called "an unsurvivable crash", he said their families should be very proud of their bravery.
"The Board of Inquiry established the most probable cause of the fire and subsequent loss of XV230, and in doing so identified failings for which the Ministry of Defence must take responsibility," he said.
"On behalf of the MoD and the Royal Air Force, I would like to apologise to the House of Commons, and most of all to those who lost their lives, and to their families. I am sorry."
Aircraft's age was a factor in Nimrod loss
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Date: December 4th 2007
Event: Board of Inquiry Media Reports
Graham interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
The BoI report
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Board on Inquiry report
Tomorrow (4th December 2007) the Board of Inquiry will release its findings into what caused XV230 to explode in midair killing 14 heroes.
The Knight family would like to thank everyone for their support. |
Date: December 3rd 2007
Event: Board of Inquiry
BBC News - Questions ahead of Nimrod report
The Telegraph - Mod braced for row over Nimrod crash report
Times Online - Nimrod crash puts No 10 on spot
Dorset Echo - ‘Fire on board’ led to tragic Nimrod crash
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Date: November 29th 2007
Source: BBC Points West broadcast
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Date: November 28th 2007
Source: This is Aberdeen
Title: "RAF NIMROD FINDINGS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK"
View The Guardian Article here
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Date: November 11th 2007
Source: The Guardian
Title: 880 'fires' on RAF Nimrods before fatal mid-air explosion
View The Guardian Article here
View The Times Article here
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Date: November 11th 2007
Event:Remembrance Sunday
Title: The Knight family attended a poignant service at King Square in Bridgwater.
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Date: November 8th 2007
Source: The Times Online
Title: Nimrod report identified 'critical' fuel problem
View the BBC News report here
Click here to read the story from Mick Smith
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Date: September 20th 2007
Source : Mick
Smith (Defence correspondent Sunday Times) speech
to the LibDem Party
Conference 17th September 2007
View
part of the transcript here
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