NEWS
Date: May 28th 2008
Title: League calls for IOM Nimrod restrictions
Links:
Manx Radio, UK - League calls for IOM Nimrod restrictions
Related links:
Wikipedia - Celtic League
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Date: May 25th 2008
Title: Latest news links
Links:
BBC News Scotland - Nimrod crew 'leaving over safety'
BBC Scotland - Aviation expert Chris Yates explains the implications of coroner's verdict. (Video)
BBC News North West - Family member calls for medals for Nimrod victims. (Video)
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Date: May 23rd 2008
Event: Inquest verdict is announced
"NEVER BEEN AIRWORTHY"
"FLEET SHOULD BE GROUNDED"
Andrew Walker, Assistant deputy coroner for Oxfordshire
Links:
BBC News - Jimmy Jones ex-Nimrod ground engineer Engineer backs Nimrod grounding (Video)
BBC News
- The brother of Gerard Bell reacts to the coroner's verdict (Video)
The Press Association - Ground Nimrod fleet, says Coroner
Telegraph.co.uk, UK - Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth has apologised to Nimrod families
BBC News - The Armed Forces Minister, Bob Ainsworth "We will not ground the Nimrod fleet". (Video)
World media reports:
Radio Australia, Australia - British coroner says RAF should ground Nimrod aircrafts
New York Times, United States - Britain’s Nimrod: Unsafe at Any Altitude?
Picture of the flowers laid by the families.
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Date: May 20th 2008
Event: Week 3, day 11 of the inquest
Links:
SNP (press release), UK - MoD fails to act on Nimrod recommendations
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Date: May 15th 2008
Event: Week 2, day 8 of the inquest
Links:
icSeftonandWestLancs, UK - RAF blasted at Nimrod inquest on Formby airman
Forres Gazette, UK - MP sits in on Nimrod crash inquest
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - Afghan crash Nimrod should never have flown, RAF chief admits
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Date: May 13th 2008
Event: Week 2, day 6 of the inquest
Links:
ITV.com, UK - Spy plane's 'fundamental flaw
Chester Standard, United Kingdom - Design fault' blamed for Nimrod blast
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Date: May 12th 2008
Event: Week 2, day 5 of the inquest
Links:
Oxford Mail, UK - Inquest plane may have been switched
BBC News, UK - Inquest hears Nimrod recordings
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Date: May 9th 2008
Event: Nimrod Inquiry Articles
As you are all aware, the inquest began on Tuesday 6th May 2008 to discover how Ben and his fellow colleagues died. Here are a few links to news articles related to the inquest.
Links:
The Northern Scot, UK - Grim task for crash inquest
The Sun, UK - Engineer not told of leaks
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - Crashed Nimrod engineer 'not told of fuel leaks', inquiry hears
Times Online, UK - Engineer 'shocked' by Nimrod fuel pipe decay
Aero-News Network, FL - Family Members Tour Nimrod Aircraft, Hear RAF Crew's Final Moments
The Times, UK - Nimrod fuel leaks unrepaired in 'cuts turmoil'
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Date: February 3rd 2008
Source: The Times Online
Title: RAF Forced to borrow American spy planes
Links:
Click here to view the article.
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Date: January 28th 2008
Event: Bens Birthday
Today is Bens birthday, he would of been 27 yrs. I'm sure Ben and all of crew 3 will be celebrating in there own special way, in a very special place.
Rest in Peace Benjamin James Knight.
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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."
Links:
Aircraft's age was a factor in Nimrod loss
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Date: December 4th 2007
Event: Board of Inquiry Media Reports
Links:
Graham interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
The BoI report
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Date: December 3rd 2007
Event: Board of Inquiry
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.
Links:
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
Links:
Click here to view the broadcast
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Date: November 28th 2007
Source: This is Aberdeen
Title: "RAF NIMROD FINDINGS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK"
Links:
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
Links:
View The Guardian Article here
View The Times Article here
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