CLAIMS that it is too late for an independent review into the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash “cannot be allowed to win,” according to the son of one of those killed.The helicopter crashed into a hillside on the Mull of Kintyre on June 2 1994, en route from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Fort George near Inverness, claiming the lives of 25 intelligence officers and four special forces crew.Pilot error had been blamed, but this was overturned in 2011. Since 2024, families have united to call for a judge-led public inquiry and the publication of all files.

CLAIMS that it is too late for an independent review into the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash “cannot be allowed to win,” according to the son of one of those killed.

The helicopter crashed into a hillside on the Mull of Kintyre on June 2 1994, en route from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Fort George near Inverness, claiming the lives of 25 intelligence officers and four special forces crew.

Pilot error had been blamed, but this was overturned in 2011. Since 2024, families have united to call for a judge-led public inquiry and the publication of all files.

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