Truth being withheld over RAF Chinook disaster, families say
Families say newly released Ministry of Defence files show airworthiness concerns and support demands for a judge-led public inquiry.
- Families of the 29 victims of the 1994 RAF Chinook crash are demanding a judge-led public inquiry and the release of MoD files, some sealed for 100 years.
- The Chinook Justice Campaign alleges newly released documents show officials ignored serious airworthiness concerns while actively protecting the official narrative that initially blamed pilot error.
- Alliance MP for Lagan Valley Sorcha Eastwood criticized the Government for failing victims, stating, 'The truth is being withheld,' and calling for accountability and transparency.
- On Saturday, relatives laid wreaths at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn, ahead of the 32nd anniversary; Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer committed last month to meet with families.
- Eastwood argued this case could serve as a test for 'The Hillsborough' law, while families emphasize a full public inquiry is necessary to access withheld information.
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Families of RAF Chinook disaster victims demand inquiry as son claims 'truth is being withheld'
Relatives of the 29 people killed in the 1994 RAF Chinook helicopter disaster gathered at the Memorial Garden at Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn on Saturday to lay wreaths, days before the 32nd anniversary of the tragedy.Des Conroy, whose father Desmond was among those who perished, insisted that authorities are concealing what really happened."The truth is being withheld," he said, adding that "a judge-led public inquiry is all that can come of th…
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Truth being withheld over RAF Chinook disaster, families say
The incident was initially blamed on pilot error before this was overturned in 2011.
Chinook families say truth being withheld over 1994 disaster
'We want justice, we want an apology': Truth being withheld over RAF Chinook disaster, families say
A man whose father died in the 1994 RAF Chinook helicopter crash says “the truth is being withheld”, as families of victims reiterated calls for a full public inquiry.
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