RIP Steve Newman and his crew.
I spoke to Steve just before he left for his final detachment; he was obviously on the Chinook flight of the OCU, myself on Pumas. He was one of many friends and colleagues killed in flying accidents during the couple of decades I flew in the mob. However, this was the one which made me determined, as the father of three young kids, to do everything I could to avoid a Chinook posting. It had a very poor reputation at the time and this unexplained accident made it worse.
I did manage to avoid it, thankfully.
I know that the crews now love it, but then they did not.