Controlled flight into terrain has been given as the cause of the Royal Air Force Boeing Vertol Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, on 2 June 1994. There were no discernible technical faults, says the official RAF report, although investigators had no flight-data recorder or cockpit-voice recorder to aid them. All 29 on board died when the helicopter hit the rocky promontory in poor visibility.
Source: Flight International
Germany has awarded Qinetiq an Aerial Training Services contract to support its armed forces by operating a fleet of two turboprop-powered types.
Stockholm’s selection of a new-generation tactical airlifter will be a “political decision”, says Swedish air force chief Major General Jonas Wikman.
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
