LISTEN: No Inquiry Into Moray Firth Jet Crash, Says Crown Office
3 airmen lost their lives when their Tornado jets collided over the Moray Firth.
The Crown Office is rejecting calls for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into a Moray Firth jet crash in which 3 men died.
Airmen Hywel Poole, Samuel Bailey and Adam Sanders lost their lives in the 2012 Tornado collision.
A Military Aviation Authority investigation blamed several factors, including failures in radar and warning systems.
But, Crown counsel say a further inquiry would be unnecessary.
It determined the "relevant issues have been comprehensively examined" in the previous investigation.
We speak to Head of the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit, David Green about the decision...
David Green, Head of the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit, said: “Crown Counsel carefully weighed up the full circumstances of the case, and concluded that a Fatal Accident Inquiry could not better and would only repeat the highly detailed investigation into the tragedy already conducted by the Military Aviation Authority.
“The Service Inquiry Report which they produced also contains conclusions and recommendations which are more wide ranging than could be expected to be achieved in a Fatal Accident Inquiry.
“The RAF and MOD have accepted the recommendations of the Service Inquiry Report, and the nearest relatives of those who tragically died in this accident have been advised of Crown Counsel’s decision.”