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| A coroner at the inquest into the deaths of 10 servicemen in a Hercules air crash says the hearing was "plagued by an inability to retrieve documents". | A coroner at the inquest into the deaths of 10 servicemen in a Hercules air crash says the hearing was "plagued by an inability to retrieve documents". |
| Wiltshire coroner David Masters said the two-month hearing was affected by access to data recording key RAF decisions before the incident in Iraq. | Wiltshire coroner David Masters said the two-month hearing was affected by access to data recording key RAF decisions before the incident in Iraq. |
| Nine RAF personnel and one soldier died when the RAF Hercules aircraft was shot down by enemy fire in 2005. | Nine RAF personnel and one soldier died when the RAF Hercules aircraft was shot down by enemy fire in 2005. |
| It was the largest RAF loss of life in a hostile act since World War II. | It was the largest RAF loss of life in a hostile act since World War II. |
| Summing up at Trowbridge town hall, Mr Masters said: "I believe that the ability to retrieve and view documents that record key decisions as not just important, but essential - equally important is the rationale behind them." | Summing up at Trowbridge town hall, Mr Masters said: "I believe that the ability to retrieve and view documents that record key decisions as not just important, but essential - equally important is the rationale behind them." |
| This criticism referred particularly to an apparently unrecorded decision taken by RAF commanders not to fit a key safety feature on Hercules aircraft after they were advised to do so in a military research document in 2002. | This criticism referred particularly to an apparently unrecorded decision taken by RAF commanders not to fit a key safety feature on Hercules aircraft after they were advised to do so in a military research document in 2002. |
| The inquest heard if explosion suppressant foam, or ESF, had been fitted to the Hercules, the crew may still be alive. | The inquest heard if explosion suppressant foam, or ESF, had been fitted to the Hercules, the crew may still be alive. |
| The 2002 document only came to light after a document trawl while the inquest was adjourned over the summer, the coroner said. | The 2002 document only came to light after a document trawl while the inquest was adjourned over the summer, the coroner said. |
| He also said a military policy of "shredding" documents was "difficult to come to terms with". | He also said a military policy of "shredding" documents was "difficult to come to terms with". |