RAF Chinook crash legal challenge thrown out of court by High Court judge

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Bereaved relatives of those killed in the 1994 RAF Chinook helicopter disaster have been barred from pursuing legal action against the Ministry of Defence following a High Court decision handed down today.Mr Justice Butcher determined that the claim had been filed too late, noting that more than 14 years had elapsed since the 2011 Mull of Kintyre review concluded.The judge acknowledged the profound tragedy of the crash, which killed 29 people, stating: "The pain of bereavement and the agony of loss of the families and friends of those who perished remains, I have no doubt, enduring and bitter."However, he ruled that "cogent grounds" would be necessary to permit such a delayed claim to proceed, adding: "No such grounds have been shown." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The helicopter went down on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland on June 2, 1994, killing 25 intelligence specialists and four special forces crew members during a flight from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Fort George...

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