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UK GOVERNMENT: Ministry of Defence statement -- Chinook helicopter crash 1994.
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May 27, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-27 May 1999-UK GOVERNMENT: Ministry of Defence statement -- Chinook helicopter crash 1994 (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Further to allegations raised in this week's issue of Computer Weekly concerning the Chinook helicopter crash in 1994, the Ministry of Defence has issued the following statement:
* The circumstances of the 1994 Chinook tragedy have been rigorously examined on no less than five occasions. Each time the original verdict of the RAF Board of Inquiry has been upheld.
* Allegations have been made about FADEC before. These are irrelevant to the circumstances of the accident.
* The fatal error was made by the pilots ...