John Purdey and John Blakeley
JP, you wrote:
<< …how come there was clear evidence that in the final couple of seconds or so of flight, the crew tried to pull up and turn left.>>
More correctly, (in addition to pull up and turn) tried to slew hard left to present broadside which is a recognized way of rapidly slowing down a large twin rotor a/c like a Chinook as described sometime by Sqn Ldr Robert Burke, if I recall correctly, in response to someone saying that it was an unsuitable manoeuvre. That is to say, the final control positions were indeed compatible with an urgent evasive manoeuvre, say, on realization of proximity to the ground and so should not be only regarded as evidence of a prior control problem.
I cannot find the quote (and its context) just now but will dig it out when I have time.
This is notwithstanding the statements quoting Sqn Ldr Burke that John Blakeley has posted.
I am surprised that others have not mentioned this manoeuvre or at least Sqn Ldr Burke’s alternative comments.