I was saddened to hear that the crew of this flight are not to be "cleared" over this accident..
Walter Kennedy, cracking point raised which i dont recall seeing anywhere else...
"no maps found in wreckage"
1. Burnt in the wreckage
2. Blown away due to the prevailing wind at the time of impact
3. Secreted away by 1st on scene investigators
4. Cover up by this government, brought on by the fact they, the government authorised the purchase of the Chinook upgrade and because of it, this has bitten them in the butt..!!
I remember seeing the Channel 4 (?) documentary on this with John Nichol, interesting point raised then, was the transponder code settings..
IIRC it was partially set to 7700... not caused by the impact apparently..
House of Lords - Chinook ZD 576 - Minutes of Evidence
as a footnote...
during my time in FI i flew numerous times with Chinook crews and was never in any way concerned by their skill in flying the a/c...
In fact one pilot Lima 4 Charlie, proved his worth during a flight where low cloud came in...!!
He followed a fuel line up over the hill at a very slow speed and completed the task as planned...
Although flying as support crew in the back, all concerned were asked for input,
options:
1. were to land and wait out
2. landing raised the problem of unidentified minefields (this was 1983)
3. try to climb out above the cloud (icing problem ?)
Just wonder how much head banging will continue before these guys are allowed to RIP...!!