A former RAF squadron leader who used to test Chinook helicopters has claimed a chopper in which 29 were killed in a crash was ordered into the air as a "show flight" to prove the model was "safe".

16:30, Thu, Aug 7, 2025 Updated: 16:35, Thu, Aug 7, 2025 Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition demanding answers around the Chinook disaster that claimed 29 lives more than 30 years ago.

More than 25,000 people have signed a petition demanding answers around the 1994 Chinook disaster as the families of the 29 dead accuse the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of a “cover-up”. A total of 25 ...

More than 25,000 people have signed a petition demanding answers about the 1994 RAF Chinook helicopter crash, as families of the 29 people who lost their lives accuse the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of ...

Families of the 29 people who died on the Mull of Kintyre crash have accused the Ministry of Defence of a ‘cover-up’. The wreckage of the RAF Chinook helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in ...

The wreckage of the RAF Chinook helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994. Credit: PA Wire/PA Images More than 25,000 people have signed a petition demanding answers around the 1994 ...

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