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May 26 2008
THE Ministry of Defence last night repeated assurances the UK’s Nimrod fleet was safe to fly, after further fears were voiced over its safety....
May 9 2008
A ROYAL Air Force engineer has said that he “should have been told” about signs of fuel leaks in an aircraft which exploded in mid- air, killing 14 servicemen, including three from Merseyside....
Mar 1 2008
THE Ministry of Defence was yesterday asked by a coroner to meet the families of three Merseyside airmen who died in the Nimrod disaster over Afghanistan, to allay fears over a body parts mix-up....
Dec 5 2007
REPEATED warnings were ignored that could have prevented the deaths of three Merseyside airmen in a tragic spy plane crash in Afghanistan, it was claimed yesterday....
Nov 12 2007
A NUMBER of major inadequacies in the maintenance and repair of the RAF’s Nimrod spy planes were highlighted shortly before one of the aircraft exploded above Afghanistan, it has been claimed....
Oct 27 2007
OFFICIALS within the RAF ignored warnings that its Nimrod aircraft were unsafe before one exploded over Afghanistan killing three Merseyside airmen, it has been claimed....