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Session 2001-02 Publications on the internet Chinook ZD 576 Committee Publications

Select Committee on Chinook ZD 576 Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 8 November 2001. CONTENTS REPORT OF RAF BOARD OF INQUIRY PARTS 1-5 AIR ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATION BRANCH STATEMENT MINUTES OF EVIDENCE Thursday 27 September 2001 Group Captain A D Pulford, RAF Mr Ken Smart, Mr Tony Cable, Mr Rex Parkinson, Air Accidents Investigation Branch Air Chief Marshal Sir John Day KCB OBE ADC BSc, RAF Friday 28 September 2001 Air Chief Marshal Sir William Wratten GBE CB AFC CIMgt, RAF (ret'd) Mr Michael Tapper, Captain John Cook SUPPLEMENTARY MEMORANDA Ministry of Defence Air Accidents Investigation Branch Mr Michael Tapper Captain John Cook The House of Lords on 2 July 2001 appointed a Select Committee "to consider the justification for the finding of those reviewing the conclusions of the RAF Board of Inquiry that both pilots of the Chinook helicopter ZD 576 which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994 were negligent". The members are Lord Bowness, Lord Brennan, Lord Hooson, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle (Chairman) and Lord Tombs. The Committee is to report to the House of Lords by 31 January 2002. The report of the RAF Board of Inquiry parts 1-5, and the AAIB statement, which forms Annex Q to the Board's report, were released into the public domain by the Secretary of State for Defence by a letter to the Clerk dated 10 August 2001.

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