Cracked box beam at broom closet started to tear apart, roof ripping back like a spam can opening, pitching rotor disk back sending the rear of the disk down chopping tailboom clean off one rivet line aft of T/boom break, T/R Control tube being cleanly severed as evidence in recently released B-rolls.
Rest of the aerodynamic forces continued to rip box beam wrenching it violently from fuselage as the whole thing went into free fall. That's what happened folks. 3000% Still think a ballistic chute is a bad idea? Yeah, I didn't think so.
Especially when you don't know if your aircraft was truly "inspected" in that area....or if it was pencil coolwhipped. And even if it was "inspected," How much experience did that young guy have, working by himself, to even know what to look for???? Cuz you know they probably didn't have any high time, crusty old light ship, experienced grumpy mechanics like down in the GOM doing inspections working on that thing There's no way I'd pilot a heli unless I knew it was being maintained by one of the Big Boys, ...PHI, Bristow, CHC. etc |