Originally Posted by
SLF3
Go back to post 23 and the eye witness report of a fire before the separation. Any other evidence of this?
Unrelated question, does CHC have screens over the engine air intakes?
Older type of helicopters only have fire detection in the engine bays so a fire in the transmission compartment without detection is entirely possible. Planetary gear failure with MRH departure given previous history of transmission problems has got to be a suspect. Condolences to those affected.