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Forum: Rotorheads

14th Apr 2017, 11:37

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SAR S-92 Missing Ireland

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Posted By JimJim10

13 seconds between the first (calm) warning of an...

13 seconds between the first (calm) warning of an island and the impact. Heading change completed and confirmed 10secs after this warning. Final shouted warning 3 seconds before impact. Rapid control...

Forum: Rotorheads

14th Apr 2017, 01:21

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SAR S-92 Missing Ireland

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Posted By JimJim10

My reading of the report is they did not impact...

My reading of the report is they did not impact the building, they impacted rock at the western end of the island. Debris from that collision landed on the building and damaged the roof tiles. Had...

Forum: Rotorheads

11th Apr 2017, 10:32

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SAR S-92 Missing Ireland

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Posted By JimJim10

The Sligo and Shannon aircraft cover the west of...

The Sligo and Shannon aircraft cover the west of Ireland for SAR.Very occasionally you will get UK military helicopters heading out to the Atlantic for "no reason" and stopping by Sligo, Shannon, or...

Forum: Rotorheads

24th Mar 2017, 11:35

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SAR S-92 Missing Ireland

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Posted By JimJim10

I had forgotten that point....R118 would have...

I had forgotten that point....R118 would have fuelled full at Sligo (again more fuel available there) and topped-up at Blacksod. That top-up detour again reduced the amount of time R116 would have...

Forum: Rotorheads

24th Mar 2017, 11:29

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SAR S-92 Missing Ireland

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Posted By JimJim10

Not particularly. Tasking time would seem to me...

Not particularly. Tasking time would seem to me to be the time the coastguard picked up the phone and called the helicopter. Actual departure time of R118 could be anywhere from 10-30mins after that....

Forum: Rotorheads

24th Mar 2017, 11:19

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SAR S-92 Missing Ireland

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Posted By JimJim10

I disagree based on the difference between the...

I disagree based on the difference between the amount of fuel available at Dublin Airport and amount available at Blacksod. You would fuel heavy at Dublin and top-up whatever you've burnt at Blacksod...

Forum: Rotorheads

23rd Mar 2017, 03:59

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SAR S-92 Missing Ireland

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Posted By JimJim10

I think all of this will be answered with the...

I think all of this will be answered with the recorders. There are very many possibilities, from a "simple" human error cfit, to a loss of tail rotor and fast yawning situation for a number of...

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