Umpteen Million Pounds a Chinook costs and the MOD cannot fit a CVR?
Penny wise and Pound foolish I would say.
But then again, how many Military aircraft have CVR's particularly in the Helicopter Fleets of every Nation?
Reading the Accident Report and related documents suggests that anyone that tries to lay blame on the Crew alone is in denial of reality.
That it was attempted at all is a gross miscarriage of justice.
An old fashioned Radar in the nose of the aircraft would not cost all that much one would think. It is not as though the Chinook doesn't fly in IMC conditions ever.
The American Army for way too many decades considered Helicopters to be aerial Trucks of various sizes. How many Lives has that cost over the Years?