Coroner David Masters, yesterday concluded the inquest of the crew who died on Hercules XV179, by saying these men were victims of “serious systemic failures” by the Ministry of Defence.

Hercules XV179 from RAF Lyneham's 47 Squadron was hit by after flying a special forces mission earlier in the day. Enemy fire from a medium-calibre anti-aircraft weapon, which pierced a fuel tank and ...

It was this vapour that is thought to have exploded in a starboard wing tank of the Hercules XV179, blowing off the outer third of the wing and making the aircraft uncontrollable so that it crashed.

Poor record keeping and a military policy of "shredding" documents has hampered the inquest into the deaths of 10 servicemen killed when their Hercules plane was shot down over Iraq, a coroner has ...

The issue of fuel tanks on RAF aircraft exploding in flight if hit by enemy fire has troubled military commanders since the Second World War, the Hercules XV179 inquest heard.

A coroner concluding the inquest of 10 servicemen killed when their Hercules plane was shot down in Iraq today criticised lax RAF record-keeping.

Service to rethink procedures after board of inquiry reveals details of attack on C-130K soon after take-off in Iraq ...

30 January, 2015, marks ten years since Hercules C130K XV179 was shot down over Iraq killing all ten crew. It was Sunday, 30 January 2005 and I was at home with my wife and two daughters.

TEN British servicemen who were killed when their RAF Hercules was shot down in Iraq died as the result of ''serious systemic failures''. Lance corporal Steven Jones, from Fareham, was one of 10 ...

The loss of a C-130K Hercules in Iraq is pushing the British Defense Ministry to address intelligence failings, change low-flying tactics, and consider modifications to its transport fleet.

The RAF Hercules - a brief history . This month the Royal Air Force (RAF) brings the curtain down on 56 years of operating the Lockheed Martin C-130, more commonly known by the RAF as the Hercules ...