Hi Everyone.
Taken from the a House of Lords press information release:
COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CHINOOK ZD 576 CRASH
This note sets out how the Committee appointed by the House of Lords to review the crash of an RAF Chinook helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 intends to proceed.
REMIT
The Committee’s remit is “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 2nd June 1994 were negligent”. The Committee is to report to the House of Lords by 31st January 2002.
MEMBERSHIP
The members of the Committee are:
Lord Bowness (Con.)
Lord Brennan QC (Lab.)
Lord Hooson QC (Lib. Dem.)
Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle (Lord of Appeal) (Chairman)
Lord Tombs FEng (Cross Bench)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
The Committee will hold a series of hearings in the autumn. The first hearings will take place on Thursday 27th September, 11am-4.30pm, and Friday 28th September, 10.30am-4.30pm, in Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster (access via St Stephen’s Entrance, the main public entrance to the Houses of Parliament). At these hearings, the Committee will take evidence from the officer who presided over the initial phase of the RAF Board of Inquiry into the crash, and the senior officers who reviewed the initial findings. The hearings will be open to the public and the press; the Committee reserves the right to go into private session if necessary. The Committee may invite other witnesses to testify at further hearings in October.
Regards as always.
Brian
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