A WOMAN whose son died in a spy plane disaster which claimed the lives of three Merseyside men will be in London tomorrow when the Nimrod Review is presented to Parliament.
Pam Swarbrick’s 28-year-old son, Steven, died on September 2, 2006, along side Flt Lt Allan Squires, 39, from Clatterbridge, and Sgt John Langton, 29, from Garston, when their XV230 Nimrod exploded in the sky after re-fuelling, killing all 14 service men aboard.
Tomorrow, Mrs Swarbrick, from Formby, will unite with the victims’ relatives when Charles Haddon-Cave QC’s independent review is laid before the House of Commons.
The report’s terms of reference, which were established by Defence Secretary Des Browne in 2007, are broad and will include the airworthiness of the XV230 fleet and responsibility for the disaster, which was the largest single loss of life for the forces since the Falklands war.
Mr Haddon-Cave, one the country’s leading aviation law barristers, will present his report to Parliament and then attend a lunch-time press conference at Gray’s Inn.
At the inquest into the air disaster last year, coroner Andrew Walker said the aircraft had "never been airworthy" and the MoD had a "cavalier approach to safety".
This prompted Mrs Swarbrick to sue the Ministry of Defence for negligence and failing to protect her son’s right to life under article two of the European Convention on Human Rights.
