But what is in doubt is how far out from the Mull the cloud cover extended, and how far down the Mull the could cover went. Every time the MoD provide a visual representation (including Air Marshal Day in his slide show to the HoL Select Committee), the cloud is always presented as extending quite some way from the landmass. I fear that this is both misleading and unfair as there is no evidence that this was ever the case.
Those witnesses in the cloud/mist/fog were in no position to answer the above question. The only people who could accurately answer that point were lost in the accident.
It would appear that Mr Holbrook's observation (from the same direction as the Chinook - albeit at sea level), states that he could make out the white surrounding wall of the lighthouse. Why is that observation often dismissed whilst that of those in the cloud quoted time and time again?
Kind regards,
Brian
"Justice has no expiry date" - John Cook