Mull of Kintyre tragedy conclusions published

The independent review, led by Rt Hon Lord Philip, looks into the report of the Board of Inquiry and remarks of the Reviewing Officers, and also considers the evidence given before and conclusions arrived at by previous inquiries.

In addition, the document regards information given by the families of the deceased pilots, the officers who took part in the Board of Inquiry process, Mr Cable who reported to the Board, and a number of pilots and aircrew who were flying Chinooks at the time of the accident.

Finally, the Review considers whether the findings of the Board and the Reviewing Officers were justified having regard to the standard of proof.

The review’s contents are as follows:

• Introduction and Executive Summary
• Background
• Previous Reviews and Inquiries
• Board of Inquiry Procedure and Standard of Proof
• Board of Inquiry Findings
• Reviewing Officers
• The Pilots and Aircrew
• Ministry of Defence Response to the ZD576 Accident.

This was one of the worst losses of life sustained by the RAF in a peacetime accident and the continuing debate is understandably distressing to the families of those who died.

The event has previously been investigated by: RAF Board of Inquiry; Fatal Accident Inquiry; House of Commons Defence Committee; Public Accounts Committee; and House of Lords Select Committee.

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