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Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

Asked by Alex EastonIndependentMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 29 October 2025UIN 84880

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the reasons for passengers travelling on the Chinook Mk2 aircraft involved in the Mull of Kintyre crash in 1994.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones

I refer the hon. Member to The Mull of Kintyre Review undertaken by the Rt Hon Lord Philip published on 13 July 2011. This review states that “This was an annual tasking to transport Northern Ireland based senior intelligence and security officers to a security conference outside the Province (p12)”.

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