LONDON -(Dow Jones)- BAE Systems PLC (BA.LN), a defence, security and aerospace company, announced Thursday that it accepts full responsibility for the loss of Nimrod XV230 over Afghanistan and apologises unreservedly for them.
MAIN FACTS:
-The company acknowledges that there were a number of failings in our application of our internal processes and procedures during the course of work undertaken as part of the Nimrod safety review which took place between 2001 and 2004.
-The company remains absolutely committed to safety as a priority and has implemented improvements in the course of the review of this incident.
-It has learnt from the mistakes made in the 2001 safety review, identified originally in the Board of Inquiry report published in 2007.
-Those lessons learnt have already been applied and improvements implemented.
-The Haddon-Cave Report raises wide ranging issues and the company will respond as appropriate.
-Its priority is to identify areas for further improvements to the management of safety risk.
-By London Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; Contact Ian Walker; +44 (0)20 7842 9296; ian.walker@dowjones.com