I was on the SAR Squadron, although not on duty at the time the Chinook hit the Mull. One thing puzzled me then as it does now. What was the plan to get over the high ground with a cloudbase of 7-800 ft? Misterploppy a very interesting article but in terms of navigation what did these guys have? You say that one waypoint was the lighthouse on the Mull, well it wouldnt have commanded a turn because it never got there. If they were not spacially unaware with a suspected engine prob why didnt they do a 180? why werent they talking to Prestwick, would that have been SOP with the nature of the pax? Why didnt they get the SAR crew to give them a Radar Service?