The technology community has long seen the Chinook Mk2 crash issue as oneprobably attributable to flawed software technology, rather than any error of the pilots' making.

The Daily Record reports  that solicitor Peter Watson, from Glasgow-based Levy and McRae, said: "The initial Board of Inquiry findings were ordered to be altered by senior officers who had not taken part in the inquiry. Many will find this extraordinary.

"The version of the Chinook which crashed had been newly introduced to service and had suffered many technical problems. Indeed, the RAF themselves pursued claims for compensation arising from faults."

"Those who ordered a finding of gross negligence have now been shown to have acted wrongly. They need to explain their conduct which has caused such hurt to the families and [has never] damaged the reputation of two fine pilots."