Yes, Piers. I’ve spoken to several Chinook pilots and things were not that
rosy. But the crash on the Mull of Kintyre I find a bit difficult; it was the
last time, I think, that blame was apportioned to the aircrew by a Board of
Inquiry, but I’m not one of those who think that the pilots were necessarily
maligned. I know that you can have an uncommanded reduction in power, but that
aircraft was found halfway up a hill, as I recall, a hill that had been in
cloud.
I’ll go back and read it again, but there are more pages on PPRuNe on that
subject than on any other, I believe.
Chris
> On 23 Jun 16, at 12:52, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> " software problem "
> Judging by what I read of the proven reliability of its FADEC prior to
> release into service*, I think you are a master of understatement, Chris!
>
> How about this Boscombe Down memo from June 1994, referring to the Chinook
> HC2 FADEC: "Notwithstanding the claims made in Textron's white paper, the
> problem remains that the product has been shown to be unverifiable and is
> therefore unsuitable for its purpose" as quoted in the 2002 House of Commons
> Select Committee report into the loss of Chinook ZD576 later in 1994
> http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldchin.htm
> <http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldchin.htm>
>
> There is a whole host of stuff "out there" regarding ZD576 (Mull of Kintyre
> crash), but the Select Committee report will do for now. The RAF BoI found
> "pilot error" to be the cause. Yeah, right!
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