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What's the Bobby, mate?
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Tragic...
A helicopter engine fault was one factor behind the death of a Royal Navy serviceman during a training exercise, an investigation has concluded.
On 4 September 2024, three crew members were on board the Merlin Mk4, based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton in Somerset, for night-flying exercises.
At about 20:50 GMT the aircraft ditched - a deliberate emergency landing on water, approximately 25 nautical miles south of Lyme Regis, Dorset.
A service inquiry found the right-hand seat pilot, Lt Rhodri Leyshon, had been "seriously injured" during the impact.
It also said he was "unable to escape from the aircraft as it entered the water".
The inquiry found the helicopter crashed after a diaphragm inside the engine split.
"This allowed fuel to flow through the diaphragm and into the engine," the inquiry report said.
"The excess fuel caused the engine to operate at a much faster speed than normal."
It said the crew members then "erroneously concluded that the number one and three engines had failed".
The report said these two engines were manually switched off, causing the remaining engine to reach its "overspeed trip threshold" and also deactivate.
"The loss of power from all three engines caused the aircraft to descend into the sea," it said.
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Engine fault behind Royal Navy helicopter death
A helicopter engine fault was one factor behind the death of a Royal Navy serviceman during a training exercise, an investigation has concluded.
On 4 September 2024, three crew members were on board the Merlin Mk4, based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton in Somerset, for night-flying exercises.
At about 20:50 GMT the aircraft ditched - a deliberate emergency landing on water, approximately 25 nautical miles south of Lyme Regis, Dorset.
A service inquiry found the right-hand seat pilot, Lt Rhodri Leyshon, had been "seriously injured" during the impact.
It also said he was "unable to escape from the aircraft as it entered the water".
The inquiry found the helicopter crashed after a diaphragm inside the engine split.
"This allowed fuel to flow through the diaphragm and into the engine," the inquiry report said.
"The excess fuel caused the engine to operate at a much faster speed than normal."
It said the crew members then "erroneously concluded that the number one and three engines had failed".
The report said these two engines were manually switched off, causing the remaining engine to reach its "overspeed trip threshold" and also deactivate.
"The loss of power from all three engines caused the aircraft to descend into the sea," it said.
Helicopter engine fault behind Royal Navy serviceman's death
An investigation examined the causes of Lt Rhodri Leyshon's death during a helicopter exercise.
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Shocker!
RAF officer passes P Company.
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And she was a woman.
RAF officer passes P Company.
RAF Servicewoman Makes History by Passing P Company
A Royal Air Force officer has made history by becoming the first RAF servicewoman to successfully complete the All Arms Pre Para Selection (AAPPS) course, commonly known as “P Company”.
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And she was a woman.
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I'm not too sure by what part of that statement is more offensive to the dinosaur crowd the fact that she's a woman or that she's from the RAF ?
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Pranged the bloody kite...
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RAF Valley: What video footage tells us about training jet crash
The RAF said training on their Hawk jets had been "temporarily" paused while an investigation is under way.
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Too bad they couldn't 'eject' them from the premises...
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Shame she didn't lose her balance and roll right off the roof onto the tarmac before being arrested.
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No one cares about the crummy filing processes until there's an inquiry 
The discovery of 97 million documents more than three years into an inquiry investigating allegations that UK special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan was a "regrettable failure", the Ministry of Defence has said.
The admission comes after the inquiry's chair, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, called the discovery "troubling" and "extraordinary news".
The independent inquiry was established in 2022 to investigate alleged executions by members of the Special Air Service between 2010 and 2013, during so-called night raids targeting the Taliban. It has yet to produce any findings.
MoD lawyers were called to a hearing on Friday to explain why the documents from the period in question were not found sooner.
Haddon-Cave said he had taken the "exceptional step" of calling the hearing because of the disclosure and the "somewhat casual way" the MoD had informed his team.
Steven Gray KC, representing the MoD, said the ministry "apologises that it fell short".
The "failure was one of communication, not application", he said, adding that the ministry was working hard to search through documents across multiple IT systems and classifications at "huge expense".
Gray added that the department was taking steps to avoid any similar revelations happening in the future.
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Discovery of 97 million files related to SAS inquiry 'regrettable', MoD says
The discovery of 97 million documents more than three years into an inquiry investigating allegations that UK special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan was a "regrettable failure", the Ministry of Defence has said.
The admission comes after the inquiry's chair, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, called the discovery "troubling" and "extraordinary news".
The independent inquiry was established in 2022 to investigate alleged executions by members of the Special Air Service between 2010 and 2013, during so-called night raids targeting the Taliban. It has yet to produce any findings.
MoD lawyers were called to a hearing on Friday to explain why the documents from the period in question were not found sooner.
Haddon-Cave said he had taken the "exceptional step" of calling the hearing because of the disclosure and the "somewhat casual way" the MoD had informed his team.
Steven Gray KC, representing the MoD, said the ministry "apologises that it fell short".
The "failure was one of communication, not application", he said, adding that the ministry was working hard to search through documents across multiple IT systems and classifications at "huge expense".
Gray added that the department was taking steps to avoid any similar revelations happening in the future.
Discovery of 97 million files related to SAS inquiry 'regrettable', MoD says
It comes after the inquiry's chair called the disclosure - three years into the investigation - "troubling".
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Pranged the bloody kite...
RAF Valley: What video footage tells us about training jet crash
The RAF said training on their Hawk jets had been "temporarily" paused while an investigation is under way.
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No one cares about the crummy filing processes until there's an inquiry
Discovery of 97 million files related to SAS inquiry 'regrettable', MoD says
I can't see any way on God's green Earth that there could be 97 million "relevant" documents about this. I think the first, of may, problems involved here is the scope of disclosure requested. Kind of like the Somalia inquiry.
This looks like someone looking to make a career for life hound DoD.
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