RAF Chinook crash victims’ families ask Andy Burnham for review of disaster
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Key context: <p>PM urged to end ‘cover-up culture’ and order independent review taking in evidence that has emerged on 1994 crash</p><p>The families of those killed in an RAF Chinook crash <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1994/jun/03/1">in 1994</a> have urged Andy Burnham to end Britain’s “cover-up culture” and order an independent review into <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/may/27/stuartmillar1">the disaster</a>.</p><p>Twenty-nine serving military personnel died when the Chinook HC2 helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in south-west Scotland during a flight from Northern Ireland.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/27/raf-chinook-crash-victims-families-ask-andy-burnham-fresh-review">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
PM urged to end ‘cover-up culture’ and order independent review taking in evidence that has emerged on 1994 crashThe 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 review into the disaster.Twenty-nine serving military personnel died when the Chinook HC2 helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in south-west Scotland during a flight from Northern Ireland. Continue reading...
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