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Old 24th November 2011 | 00:14
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From: Seat 1A
Did the cable slice off the tail rotor??

It looks like it was cut clean and happened in a split second after impact.
Looks to me like the rear end just fell off; structural failure caused by the excessive shaking of the fuselage (new gearbox mounts required). After the tail starts to fall off, both rotors are still whizzing around quite happily (for a short time). The TV 3 news video shows this clearly at 1:04:

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