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Deputy PM confirms Mull of Kintyre helicopter disaster inquiry

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today confirmed a new independent legal inquiry into the 1994 Mull of Kintyre helicopter disaster.

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RAF Chinook HC2 ZD576 crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in western Scotland 16 years ago. All 25 passengers and four crew members were killed in the incident.

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皇冠体育app review will be conducted by a respected lawyer who is independent of the government and who has not previously expressed a view on the disaster,鈥� he said.

皇冠体育app reviewer and the precise terms of reference have yet to be announced.

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Published 8 September 2010