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Forum: Rotorheads

25th Nov 2011, 14:08

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Heli ditch North Sea G-REDL: NOT condolences

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Posted By JimL

From the point of view of a pilot and not an...

From the point of view of a pilot and not an engineer:

I was heartened by the quality of the AAIB's forensic investigation that permitted establishment the point of failure to (part of) a specific...

Forum: Rotorheads

22nd Jun 2009, 14:48

Replies: 524

Heli ditch North Sea G-REDL: NOT condolences

Views: 226,681

Posted By JimL

There has been discussion of a change in the...

There has been discussion of a change in the technical standard of the PLBs to avoid unwanted activation as well as interferrence with the ELT.

These were not an unknown features of PLBs so a...

Forum: Rotorheads

1st May 2009, 13:37

Replies: 524

Heli ditch North Sea G-REDL: NOT condolences

Views: 226,681

Posted By JimL

L2driver, That is exactly what you should...

L2driver,

That is exactly what you should have expected; to think otherwise would be to anticipate that there is a fatal flaw in this type of gearbox. Clearly that is not true otherwise the...

Forum: Rotorheads

19th Apr 2009, 18:31

Replies: 524

Heli ditch North Sea G-REDL: NOT condolences

Views: 226,681

Posted By JimL

It would appear that the clue is in the absence...

It would appear that the clue is in the absence of precursors (just the one chip 34 hours before the failure). G-REDL was on heightened observation after this single precursor and, if there was to be...

Forum: Rotorheads

11th Apr 2009, 15:35

Replies: 524

Heli ditch North Sea G-REDL: NOT condolences

Views: 226,681

Posted By JimL

mckeg4, It is unlikely that any of us here...

mckeg4,

It is unlikely that any of us here have enough information to provide you with the assurances that you appear to require. However, we have all seen the AAIB interim report which provides...

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