Ark Royal
I trust you are not inferring any criticism of the evidence of the RN Officer who was the other Chinook Captain of the Detatchment.
He, after all, was qualified on the Chinook Mk2 - unlike some who contribute to this thread.
That RN Officer did the planning for the fatal sortie because he (quite rightly) assumed that crew duty considerations would require the use of both crews.
Perhaps more attention should be paid to this aspect of the circumstaces surrounding the tragedy, rather than whether the crew were lured to their death by the Special Foces of an allied Nation!!