Steuart Campbell - Chinook Crash

By the same author

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First published in Great Britain in 2004 by

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Copyright Steuart Campbell, 2004

ISBN 1 84415 074 7

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Acknowledgements

I am especially grateful to defence analyst Malcolm Spaven for his many comments, help and advice, especially on RAF operations and procedures. I also acknowledge the help and/or advice given to me by the following: Stephen Breen; Dr Lynda Clark QC, MP; Russell Ellacott; David Harrison; Michael Jones QC, LLB; Ralph Kohn; Hector Lamont; David Murchie; Michael Tapper; Ann Tyler and Wing Commander T.K. ODonnell.

I also acknowledge the help of Court Reporters William Hodge & Pollock Ltd for supplying me with a digital copy of their transcript of the FAI proceedings and thank The Scottish Court Service for permission to quote from it. I thank the Ministry of Defence for their general assistance and for permission to reproduce the Military Air Accident Summaries in Appendix One and I thank Paladin Invision for supply of a frame from their documentary about the crash.

Parliamentary copyright material from the House of Lords Select Committee Report (HL Paper 25(i)) is reproduced with permission of the Controller of HMSO on behalf of Parliament.

The maps on pages 175 and 189 are based on Ordnance Survey material and reproduced with the permission of the Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of HMSO under licence no. 100042276. The chart on page 175 is also reproduced with the permission of the DGIA. Unauthorized reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution of civil proceedings

List of Diagrams

Flying in itself is not inherently dangerous,
but it is mercilessly unforgiving of human
error.

Slogan on a US Marine Corps fighter squadron
bulletin board.

Quoted by astronaut John Glenn in Touching the Void, Scotland on Sunday Spectrum Magazine, 4 April 2004

Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms