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Nimrod review reveals 'failures'

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An independent review into a fatal 2006 Nimrod crash has blamed a "failure of culture, leadership and priorities", the defence secretary has told MPs.

The report found the MoD and RAF had allowed safety to suffer in pursuit of financial savings, Bob Ainsworth said.

Fourteen crewmen died when the aircraft blew up after air-to-air refuelling over Afghanistan when leaking fuel made contact with a hot air pipe.

Caroline Wyatt reports.

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