§ Lord Jacobsasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether in the five years preceding the Chinook ZD576 crash there was one, or more than one, Chinook accident in the Royal Air Force; if so, on which dates; and whether the Royal Air Force held inquries. [HL373]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)There were three accidents involving RAF Chinook Mk1 aircraft in the period 1989–94 and an RAF board of inquiry was held after each of them. The dates of the accidents were: 24 July 1989,25 July 1989 and 15 October 1991. They have no relevance to the Mull of Kintyre accident, where the aircraft involved was a Chinook Mk2.