Distress beacon falls from helicopter

[sitigeltfel]

The incident, on Wednesday, is reported locally to have involved an EC-175 flying over Vedene, which is a suburb to the NE of Avignon.

Un hélico d'Eurocopter perd une balise de détresse qui manque d'assommer un habitant | La Provence (http://www.laprovence.com/actu/faits-divers-en-direct/un-helico-deurocopter-perd-une-balise-de-detresse-qui-manque-dassommer-u)

[Bravo73]

Oops. Was someone playing with the CPI switches in flight? :\

[HeliComparator]

Unusual, normally its just the customer's aircraft that lose beacons in flight, not EC's own ones!

[SASless]

What is sad is having one come adrift in flight....you cannot find it later!:uhoh: