Cover-up claim after 29 died in Chinook disaster

MORE than 25,000 people have signed a petition demanding answers around the 1994 Chinook disaster as the families of the 29 dead accuse the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of a cover-up.

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They were killed when an RAF Chinook ZD576 crashed on the Mull of Kintyre. The incident was blamed on pilot error before being overturned in 2011.

A BBC documentary last year, Chinook: Zulu Delta 576, revealed the files related to the tragedy had been sealed for 100 years.

In a petition, the family of the victims have urged for the release of all documents and called for a judge-led public inquiry.

The petition reads: "Twenty-nine people boarded Chinook ZD576 on 2 June 1994. All of them died.

"Thirty-one years later, we - their families - still have no answers.

"We have been denied truth, transparency and justice by the MoD.