The Nimrods were declared unairworthy by the coroner The families of 14 servicemen killed when a Nimrod plane blew up over Afghanistan in 2006 have all now received compensation, the MoD says.
The amount of money paid was not disclosed, but was paid over the past few weeks and months.
The payout came two years after the families launched a legal action.
The MoD was heavily criticised at an inquest in 2008, and last year an independent review accused the MoD of sacrificing safety to cut costs.
In May 2008, a coroner ruled the Nimrod fleet, based at RAF Kinloss in Moray, had never been airworthy.
The government at the time has refused to agree with the coroner’s recommendation that the entire Nimrod fleet be grounded.
According to the MoD, new procedures meant the Nimrod aircraft was safe. Air-to-air refuelling were stopped, as were the use of very hot air systems in flight.
“Enhanced” aircraft maintenance and inspection procedures were also introduced at the time by the MoD.
The Nimrod spy plane exploded on 2 September 2006, shortly after undergoing air-to-air refuelling.
The blast was caused by fuel leaking into a dry bay and igniting on contact with a hot air pipe.
The 14 men killed on the Nimrod were:
Flt Lt Steven Johnson, 38, from Collingham, Nottinghamshire, Flt Lt Leigh Anthony Mitchelmore, 28, from Bournemouth, Dorset, Flt Lt Gareth Rodney Nicholas, 40, from Redruth, Cornwall, Flt Lt Allan James Squires, 39, from Clatterbridge, Merseyside and Flt Lt Steven Swarbrick, 28, from Liverpool.
Flt Sgt Gary Wayne Andrews, 48, from Tankerton, Kent, Flt Sgt Stephen Beattie, 42, from Dundee, Flt Sgt Gerard Martin Bell, 48, from Newport, Shropshire, and Flt Sgt Adrian Davies, 49, from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Sgt Benjamin James Knight, 25, from Bridgwater, Sgt John Joseph Langton, 29,from Liverpool and Sgt Gary Paul Quilliam, 42, from Manchester.
L/Cpl Oliver Simon Dicketts, of the Parachute Regiment, from Wadhurst and Royal Marine Joseph David Windall, 22, from Hazlemere.
An independent review, which reported its findings in October 2009, concluded that the crash was preventable.
The highly critical report, by Charles Haddon-Cave QC, said the Afghanistan crash occurred because of a “systemic breach” of the military covenant, under which Britain has a duty of care to its armed forces.
He also branded the safety review of the Nimrod MR2 carried out by the MoD, BAE Systems and QinetiQ as a “lamentable job”.
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