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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Chris Osuh

Relatives of 1994 Chinook crash victims initiate legal action against MoD

The wreckage of the RAF Chinook helicopter
The wreckage of the RAF Chinook helicopter that crashed on 2 June 1994. Photograph: Chris Bacon/PA

Relatives of intelligence officers and military personnel killed in a 1994 RAF helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre have taken the first step in legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Twenty-nine people – including officers from MI5, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the army, along with the helicopter’s special forces crew – died after RAF Chinook ZD576 crashed in foggy weather in south-west Scotland on 2 June 1994.

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