Chinook helicopter crash families a step closer to the truth

THE families of those who died in the RAF Chinook helicopter crash over 30 years ago have said they hope they are “getting somewhere” after defence ministers agreed to meet with them.

- BY LUCINDA CAMERON

Victims families deliver letter to No.10 seeking answers about crash, inset

Twenty-five intelligence experts and four special forces crew were killed when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre. They were en route from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Fort George, near Inverness, on Thursday, June 2, 1994.

The incident was initially blamed on pilot error before this was overturned in 2011.

Relatives of those killed are calling for answers about the crash and are seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in person, having delivered a handwritten letter to Downing Street last month.

Families have said they will “see the UK Government in court” after the Prime Minister rejected calls for a judge-led inquiry.