Originally Posted by
Vertico
But, John Purdey, the stark fact is that no-one knows, or will ever know, if the crew were actually IMC and if they were were they flying IMC of their own volition. There is a well-documented history of UFCMs in the Chinook, which appears to be continuing to this day, from other comments on this thread.
If a FADEC runaway or some other type of UFCM had happened shortly (a few seconds??) before they went IMC, wouldn't that change the position?
Vertico whilst I hear what you are saying my slight alteration needs to be made to highlight the fact that nobody knows what
actually happened on that day, a fact some folk, not aimed at you, on here are struggling to get to grips with.