Originally Posted by
underfire
Looking at the video, the helo failure was not due to wire strike....the tail rotor failed. From the beginning of the video, the tail rotor has failed...
Maybe, maybe not. Frame rate of the video may have been closer to the T/R speed which may have affected what we see as opposed to what was happening. There is a definite puff of smoke at 25 seconds and the disintegration of the helicopter starts from 30 seconds; probably co-incidental that the video is shooting through the powerlines at that moment.