Did anyone watch the Chinook Mull of Kyntyre tragedy that occurred in June 1994? Part one was shown on BBC Scotland last night with the second part this evening, although you can watch both episodes on iPlayer.

This sits along with Hillsborough, Post Office scandal etc as another cover up by the people at the top. This instance was about blaming the pilots for complete negligence and evidence being withheld (and still is).

Good watch if that's your cup of tea.

Remember that when it happened, never saw the programme though.

Was up there in September and it really is a dodgy area for lower level flying down the Firth of Clyde.

There were using a Chinook on an offshore job I was on, shortly after the project was completedI I got laid off, one crashed on a Shell flight on its return journey to the Shetlands. It was 2.5 miles from the runway, 45 died,there were only 2 survivors, I believe it could have been the same one I flew on before.

The accident was caused by the failure of a modified bevel ring gear in the forward transmission which allowed the twin rotors to collide when synchronisation was lost. The AAIB stated that the underlying causes were the inadequacy of a previously accepted test programme and the failure of a stringent inspection programme.

The oil industry decided that the Chinook was too big for the offshore support task and the remaining Chinooks were withdrawn and sold. All surviving aircraft now operate with Columbia Helicopters in heavy lift, non-passenger capabilities.