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Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of releasing documents relating to the 1994 RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre early.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
19 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of releasing documents relating to the 1994 RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre early.

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The early release of the closed records held at The National Archives would breach those individuals’ data protection rights as they contain personal information relating to third party individuals. However, as part of the Ministry of Defence’s business a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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