Retired Squadron Leader Robert Burke told the BBC that the Mark 2 version of the helicopter had been chosen for the flight to show it was safe because of internal politics between the Army and RAF.
Full ArticleChinook helicopter crashed on 'show flight', says former RAF test pilot
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