Widow’s relief at MoD’s admission over jet death
THE wife of an Iraq war veteran killed in a mid-air RAF jets crash off the Scottish coast has spoken of her relief the Ministry of Defence has admitted liability for the tragedy – paving the way for a massive compensation claim.
Lawyers representing the family of 36-year-old Squadron Leader Samuel Bailey, one of three airmen who died when two Tornado GR4s collided two years ago, said the MoD had admitted “breaching their duty of care”.
The airman had been suffering from a fear of flying in the weeks prior to the incident.