RAF Chinook crash victims’ families ask Andy Burnham for review of disaster
The Chinook Justice Campaign, made up of more than 55 family members of 25 of the victims, delivering a letter to Andy Burnham. Photograph: Chinook Justice Campaign/PAView image in fullscreenThe Chinook Justice Campaign, made up of more than 55 family members of 25 of the victims, delivering a letter to Andy Burnham. There were concerns, he said, that details provided by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the airworthiness of the Chinook that crashed were “not correct”.View image in fullscreenAll 29 personnel on the Chinook HC2 were killed when it crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, south-west Scotland, in June 1994.
- ▪The Chinook Justice Campaign, made up of more than 55 family members of 25 of the victims, delivering a letter to Andy Burnham.
- ▪Photograph: Chinook Justice Campaign/PAView image in fullscreenThe Chinook Justice Campaign, made up of more than 55 family members of 25 of the victims, delivering a letter to Andy Burnham.
- ▪There were concerns, he said, that details provided by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the airworthiness of the Chinook that crashed were “not correct”.View image in fullscreenAll 29 personnel on the Chinook HC2 were killed when it crashed
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- ▪ Chinook crash victims’ families urge Burnham to order fresh review into tragedy — The Independent
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The Chinook Justice Campaign, made up of more than 55 family members of 25 of the victims, delivering a letter to Andy Burnham. Photograph: Chinook Justice Campaign/PAView image in fullscreenThe Chinook Justice Campaign, made up of more than 55 family members of 25 of the victims, delivering a letter to Andy Burnham. Photograph: Chinook Justice Campaign/PAMilitaryRAF Chinook crash victims’ families ask Andy Burnham for review of disasterPM urged to end ‘cover-up culture’ and order independent review taking in evidence that has emerged on 1994 crashJosh Halliday North of England editorSun 26 Jul 2026 19.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe families of those killed in an RAF Chinook crash in 1994 have urged Andy Burnham to end Britain’s “cover-up culture” and order an independent…
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