RAF Coroner\'s Inquest - Loss of C-130K 30 Jan 05

[US Herk]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7324341.stm

The Coroner\'s Inquest into the loss of XV179 has begun. The Board of Inquiry found that ESF may have prevented the loss. The Coroner\'s Inquest will examine that possibility thoroughly.

Here in the US, there is no equivalent to a Coroner\'s Inquest - the closest thing is probably a grand jury. The coroner has incredible power during his investigation & his charge is to find the cause of the death.

This isn\'t Quincy, ME like we think of when we think of coroner, it\'s something entirely different.

I lost a few friends in that crash - I hope they receive fair representation.

[Muff Millen]

I\'m from old school, what is ESF?

Muff:(

[NATOPS1]

Explosion Suppressant Foam or ESF check out this link...

http://www.customfoams.co.uk/clips/esf.mpg

[HercengTN]

Has there been a investigation determining exactly what brought the acft

down? I have not heard much about it. I know there was speculation about manpad and even the \"golden bullet\". If it is a opsec issue disregard the question. I just didn\'t know if there was a published report.

[US Herk]

There is a heavily redacted public report - literally reading between the lines, looks like unguided rocket and/or light cal AAA. Regardless, the report specifically mentioned an explosive overpressure in the outboard tank consistent with a round hitting it followed by an explosion. So regardless of what exactly hit it, the fact they didn\'t have ESF was a contributing factor to the loss of the outboard section of wing and subsequent crash...