Chinook
Twinact and others.
This is all rather strange. If there were such technical problems with the MkII, how come the aircraft were not all grounded, either as a result of this tragedy or as the result of other doubts about the aircraft?
Also, I understand that the supervisory chain held several very experienced helo people including the CinC. Are we saying that they forced the crews to press on with potentially dangerous machines? Why should they; it was not a wartime scenario?
And what was this about aircrews crawling over the Mk II with GS screwdrivers to see how it worked? Were there not engineers on the unit, and what did aircrew hope the uncover that the engineers had not?
I ask only because I am very curious about the engineering regime that it is alleged played so important a part in this very sad business.
Regards and best wishes to all others with an inquiring mind on this thread,
John Purdey.