This week’s TV, Radio and Print
Daily Telegraph covering the campaign
Friday 15th, August
We issued this news release: Ex-RAF Squadron Leader reveals that Chinook was on a “show flight”.
In it we highlight a shocking revelation about the flight :
“A highly respected former RAF Squadron Leader, who conducted tests on the Chinook helicopter fleet, has revealed that the crashed aircraft’s final journey – which killed 29 people – was ordered into the air as a “show flight” to prove that the upgrade from Mark 1 to Mark 2 was ‘safe’ - despite serious and known concerns about airworthiness raised by RAF test engineers and pilots at Boscombe Down.”
This story was picked up first by the Daily Express.
It also featured on BBC, ITV, the Daily Telegraph, and the Daily Record among others.
Watch UTV Live on ITV’s television report.
Watch BBC Scotland reporting on the story and listen to Patricia Conroy, whose father was killed, Robert Burke and Mark Stephens on BBC Good Morning Ulster. The news also featured on BBC Radio Scotland on Good Morning Scotland, Lunchtime Live, and Drive.
The Campbeltown Courier also covered the story (above) of an RAF veteran in Kintyre, who handed back his medals over the crash, and who is now supporting our campaign. Thank you to former RAF man, Brian Gee, and to the paper for supporting our families.
Monday 11th, August
Nicola Rawcliffe, the sister of Major Christopher Dockerty who was among the 29 people killed in the crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, is interviewed and featured on BBC Look East and BBC Radio Suffolk.
See the full BBC Look East feature here.
Full BBC article: Chinook crash victim 'would want answers', says sister.
Here is the audio for the BBC Radio Suffolk feature.
