"Desperate people make desperate decisions," she concluded.

Thirty-one years after, the group have also called for the release of documents that were sealed at the time of the crash for 100 years, as revealed in aThe solicitor representing the families said there is enough evidence to convince the families that there was "a failure by the MoD to apply appropriate safeguards in order to protect the passengers and crew".

Solicitor Mark Stephens added: "In fact, they were put on board an aircraft that was known to be positively dangerous and should never have taken off."That is why we are seeking a judicial review into the government's failure to hold a public inquiry - which the families have sought for more than a year."After the crash, pilots Richard Cook and Jonathan Tapper, were accused of gross negligence, but this verdict was overturned by the UK government 17 years later.

A subsequent review by Lord Philip set out "numerous concerns" raised by those who worked on the Chinooks.The MoD's testing centre at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire declared the Chinook Mk2 helicopters "unairworthy" prior to the crash.

Esme Sparks, who was seven years old when her father Major Gary Sparks lost his life, said: "We don't want to have to take legal action against the government and MoD but we do want and need answers surrounding the circumstance of this crash.

"We want to know who or what is being protected? Who made the decision to let this helicopter take off? What is being hidden? In our view, a public inquiry is key."Its AI Overviews feature, unveiled by Google at its developers conference last year, offers AI-generated summaries that currently appear at the top of search results.

from users who posted some of the odd responses they received, as when it advised one user that non-toxic glue could help make cheese stick to pizza.Another widely circulated response stated that geologists recommend humans eat one rock each day.

A Google spokesperson said at the time that these were "isolated examples."Mr Pichai said on Tuesday that AI Overviews now gets 1.5 billion uses per month in more than 200 countries and territories.