http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/11/nimrod-xv230-a-tragedy-waiting-to-happen/ Blogging from Deep in Aberdeenshire. Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:15:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2333 http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/11/nimrod-xv230-a-tragedy-waiting-to-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Richard Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:58:14 +0000 http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=2482#comment-1308 Mr. Tisdale makes a valid point, aimed it would seem at putting the blame on lack of money. But Charles Haddon-Caves thorough report highlights many contributory issues. The transfer of authority from engineer to administrator; passing the buck; PowerPoint engineering and poor management from senior officers to name a few. The saddest thing for me is his acknowledgement of the similarities between the XV230 tragedy and the Herald of Free Enterprise, NASA Space Shuttle ‘Columbia’, the Zebrugge Disaster (1987), King’s Cross Fire (1987), The Marchioness (1989), and BP Texas City (2005). When are we going to start to take safety seriously? Mr. Tisdale makes a valid point, aimed it would seem at putting the blame on lack of money. But Charles Haddon-Caves thorough report highlights many contributory issues. The transfer of authority from engineer to administrator; passing the buck; PowerPoint engineering and poor management from senior officers to name a few.
The saddest thing for me is his acknowledgement of the similarities between the XV230 tragedy and the Herald of Free Enterprise, NASA Space Shuttle ‘Columbia’, the Zebrugge Disaster (1987), King’s Cross Fire (1987), The Marchioness (1989), and BP Texas City (2005). When are we going to start to take safety seriously?

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