Originally Posted by cazatou
Tandemrotor,
You are, of course, entitled to your opinion.
Your viewpoint is not shared by MOD or HMG. Can you quote any instance of a fault occurring on a Chinook Mk2 in the last 12 years that would, if it had occurred on ZD576, have caused the accident and disappeared completely without trace?
Flying controls pallet detached from the aircraft structure due to poor design and or quality control of the bonding method. However, this doesn't fit your criteria of "disappeared completely without trace" because it was actual evidence found in the wreckage. Had previously occurred on another airframe. Has never been proved one way or the other as a contributory factor.