Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash report due

The Chinook helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on the west coast of Scotland in 1994

The families of two pilots who were blamed for an RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre are to discover whether the men's names are to be cleared.

Defence Secretary Liam Fox is due to outline to MPs the findings of an independent review into the 1994 crash.
The BBC understands the report will say the pilots should not have been accused of gross negligence.
Campaigners have long fought to have the verdict overturned, amid doubts about the helicopter's airworthiness.
They have spent almost two decades trying to overturn the decision of two RAF Air Marshals who blamed Flt Lts Jonathan Tapper, from Norfolk, and Richard Cook, from Hampshire, for the crash.

Flt Lt Cook, left, and Flt Lt Tapper were blamed for the crash

The helicopter was carrying 25 of Britain's most senior intelligence experts from Northern Ireland to a conference in Inverness.
All 29 people on board, including the four special forces crew, died when the Chinook crashed into the Mull of Kintyre, on the west coast of Scotland.
A retired judge Lord Philip, sitting in private along with a panel of three Scottish politicians, has spent nine months reviewing the accident.
His report, already handed over to Mr Fox, is understood to say the men should not have been accused of gross negligence.
There have been doubts about the computer engine software on board and the helicopter's safety at the time.
The families will be told the conclusions before publication of the report on Wednesday afternoon.

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