My Hercules Safety Fears Were Ignored ; an Raf Pilot Was Silenced for Speaking Out About Safety Fears On Hercules Aircraft Three Years Before 10 West-Based Men Died When One Was Brought Down in Iraq, He Told an Inquest Yesterday.

Western Daily Press › April 28, 2008

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An RAF pilot was silenced for speaking out about safety fears on Hercules aircraft three years before 10 West-based men died when one was brought down in Iraq, he told an inquest yesterday.

Sq Ldr Christopher Seal, a former flight commander with 47 Squadron based at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, said he wrote a "lessons identified" memo - after returning from serving in Afghanistan in 2002.

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My Hercules Safety Fears Were Ignored ; an Raf Pilot Was Silenced for Speaking Out About Safety Fears On Hercules Aircraft Three Years Before 10 West-Based Men Died When One Was Brought Down in Iraq, He Told an Inquest Yesterday.

Among his concerns was that ESF (explosion-suppressant foam) should be fitted to the Hercules wing fuel tanks.

On Janu...

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