To ex-Naval Sea King Pilot AKA Ark Royal
Ark Royal,
Long time no joust!!
I have lost count of how many times people who have actually flown the Chinook have pointed out to you that the BOI were correct that the forecast weather conditions would have permitted a climb to Safety Altitude; as stated in the BOI whose Aircrew members, you will recall, were a Wg Cdr and a Sqn Ldr; both of whom were current Pilots on the Chinook Mk 2.
What you, and all those who favour the "FADEC runaway" scenario, fail to take on board is that (if the scenario is correct) we are then dealing with a TRIPLE failure.
IF there was a FADEC runaway then the crew should have either climbed to above S Alt to avoid the high ground they knew was in front of them or, alternatively, to have turned away from the high ground. Failure to do so means either negligence or an inability to either climb or turn to avoid the imminent danger.
As you are adamant that there was no negligence then we are left with TWO more failures which miraculously disappeared without leaving any trace whatsoever: ie they were unable to either climb or turn.
I have a great deal of difficulty with a failure which left no trace as the cause of the accident - BUT THREE !!