§ Mr. Martin BellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide details of the indicated airspeed of RAF Chinook ZD576 during the last 40 seconds of flight as it approached the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994. [120101]
§ Mr. SpellarThe Board of Inquiry considered data extracted from the aircraft's systems, the Air Accident Investigation Board technical report, the flight path simulations from Boeing Helicopters and a separate investigation from Defence Research Agency Bedford, together with witness evidence. The Board concluded that it was most likely that while coasting in at the Mull of Kintyre the aircraft was established in a steady climb, with an airspeed of about 150 knots, until approximately four seconds before impact.