This week’s TV, Radio and Print
Friday 15th, August
We released this media release: Ex-RAF Squadron Leader reveals that Chinook was on a “show flight”.
In it we highlight a brand new, shocking revelation :
“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 Express.
It also featured on BBC, West Coast Today, and the Daily Record.
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.
