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FAILURES' CAUSED HERCULES DEATHS
The deaths of 10 servicemen in a Hercules air crash in Iraq were the result of "serious systemic failures", a coroner has said.
Wiltshire coroner David Masters said the failure to fit Hercules planes with explosion suppressant foam was a factor in the 2005 tragedy near Baghdad.
A spokeswoman for the families said the men had been "let down" by the MoD.
Armed forces minister Bob Ainsworth accepted there were "problems" with the MoD's handling of the safety concerns.
Nine RAF personnel and one soldier died when the RAF Hercules aircraft was shot down by enemy fire.
Sarah Chapman, sister of one of the victims, Sgt Bob O'Connor, said defence chiefs had failed in their duty of care.