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Thirty years after 29 Chinook helicopter passengers and crew died when Zulu Delta 576 crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, the story of one of the RAF's worst peacetime disasters
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May 31, 2024
In the swirling evening fog of June 2, 1994, RAF Chinook helicopter ZD576 crashed into a remote mountainside on the Mull of Kintyre, killing all 29 people on board and resulting in one of the Air Force's worst peacetime disasters. The aircraft was transporting the elite of the UK's anti-terrorist intelligence operations in Northern Ireland and as well as bringing heartbreak to their families, the crash set back the cause of peace in Ulster at a stroke. Thirty years on, as the bereaved families prepare to mark this milestone anniversary, we present in gripping detail, a minute-by-minute account of this enduring tragedy.