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  • I strongly believe that as Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, I owe a duty of care to both the memory of those fallen officers and to their families. Consistent with that duty of care, I intend to lend my voice to their appeal for transparency and openness.

    Jon Boutcher, Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

  • The MOD must be held responsible and forced to supply information now, not in 100 years.

    Elizabeth

  • The reason why that aircraft was flown in spite of all the reservations and indeed the request from one of the dead pilots at the time was to show the Army that the Chinook programme was running on time and the Mk 2 was perfectly safe to go into service. It was a show flight.

    Robert Burke, Ex-RAF Squadron Leader

  • I worked with someone whose husband was killed on that flight. I observed the terrible sorrow and pain.

    Dorothy

  • I share their very deep concerns about the circumstances surrounding the crash and I have committed to a full investigation to ensure that the truth is laid before the British people.

    Sir Liam Fox, former Defence Secretary

  • These families have waited long enough, it's cruel and shameful to seal the truth away for generations!

    Kathleen

  • One of the personnel killed was an officer in my regiment. I have followed this story and all the theories about how and why it happened from 1994. I believe it was duff software in the chinook. The dark skullduggery by the government (s) and the MOD needs to be challenged and the truth must be known.

    Clive

  • Of course the truth should be revealed, it's a matter of decency.

    Mark

  • I followed and campaigned on this for a decade afterwards and we were never given the truth about the technical status of the aircraft. It needs to be put in the public domain these documents and to put them under seal for a century is extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary. As somebody said, it does indicate that they’re trying to cover something up.

    Sir David Davis, Conservative MP

  • The families of those killed deserve the truth.

    Dan

  • I read about the faulty Chinook software in Computer Weekly long before this crash happened. By chance I knew Flt Lt Jonathan Tapper, who garaged his sports car behind me. He, and the other people who died, should not be treated in such a callous fashion. Someone took a decision that the flight that day would be on an aircraft that was known to have serious faults - we need to know why.

    Adrian

  • I hope you can find the Justice you deserve...

    Leon

  • I was serving in the RAF at this time, in the final year of 12. I had completed 2 tours of Northern Ireland in the early 1980's and flown as a passenger in a Chinook a few times. I remember this crash and it brought two questions to my mind: 1. Why were so many high ranking security personnel on the same flight? 2. The Chinook has 2 pilots, in order for the crash to be pilot error, both pilots would have to make the same incorrect decision. Given the importance of the passengers, I cannot imagine the RAF giving this task to rookie pilots.

    John

  • They served us and paid the ultimate price, it is now time you served their families some justice and not lies.

    David

  • In my own constituency, the Conroy family have waited more than 30 years for answers about their Dad’s death in the RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre. Instead of truth, they have faced what they believe to be a systematic cover-up, with crucial documents sealed for 100 years. To tell families they must wait until 2094 for justice is a profound injustice.

    Sorcha Eastwood, Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley