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Variable Load
8th Aug 2013, 12:50
Interesting video from an incident at Macae.
Fogo no Gerador do SK-76 - YouTube
Great to see the airport fire service arrive so quickly with their modern equipment. ;)
voando
8th Aug 2013, 15:11
Is that the company that reportedly shuns any maintenance work if at all possible! Good gambling for the profits though!
SilsoeSid
8th Aug 2013, 15:44
A 76 doing a Lynx impression :ok:
SASless
8th Aug 2013, 15:44
Good thinking to rotate the Blades in preparation for the next takeoff!
herman the crab
8th Aug 2013, 22:59
Even more worrying is the apparent disregard for the tail rotor of the other machine!.
HTC
John Eacott
8th Aug 2013, 23:25
With every other machine on the ramp facing into wind, it begs the question why the S76 is downwind and whether that exacerbated the problem?
There were certainly plenty of flames at the beginning of the video, before being overtaken by the smoke billowing around the head and the cockpit area. I can't help but think that if it were facing into wind it would have been less dramatic and also easier to contain.
army_av8r
9th Aug 2013, 01:33
Looks like an engine vent spitting oil into exhaust. How much higher was this airport in comparison to its normal base altitude?