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Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

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.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
29 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    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 se...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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