My entry to this discussion was spurred by comments like this from ShyTorque:
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Presumably you have a lot of experience in flying rotary in icing conditions?
Most rotary pilots only try it the one time.
Just not true!
I have to disagree that it's "just not true". Most helicopters have a paragraph near the front of the limitations page stating something along the lines of "Flight in icing conditions is prohibited". Very few have a meaningful icing clearance, due to airframe / blade limitations. The Chinook in the accident did NOT have an icing clearance, as you must surely already know.
If it has an airframe icing clearance now, after the event, it still does not change the truth of my statement.