Whether, in the light of further information now available, it intends to instigate a judicial enquiry or will make representations to Her …

The crash of the helicopter was the subject of a lengthy Fatal Accident Inquiry held in public and under judicial conditions. Since then, allegations have been made about some of the computer software on the aircraft but those allegations were investigated and found to relate to the performance of the pre-production version of the software in 1989 under conditions of simulated battle damage. No evidence was or is available to demonstrate that this problem was present in the software on the aircraft or that, if it was, it contributed in any way to the accident. The allegations were considered fully by the House of Commons Defence Committee in March 1998. The Report of the Committee was published in May 1998. It concluded that there was no evidence to support claims that the design flaws in the aircraft or its components contributed to the crash. In the circumstances, a further judicial or public enquiry would be unlikely to advance matters beyond where they presently stand.