Originally Posted by
verticalspin
Here's a video of the Miami operation of said company flying one of Liberty Helicopters AS350 B2s. As it just so happens the B2 in the video is the sister ship of that flight that ended up in the East River the other day that was flying a similar route and and can be heard on radio searching the river after the ditching.
From minute 17:12 onward you can get a clear look at the FFCL and FSL. You can also clearly see some of those harness straps dangling fairly close...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYN6tqc1BUc
Just a slight difference between the helicopter in the video and the accident helicopter.
The accident helicopter had a 2-passenger bench up front, not the standard seat as in this video. The bench puts the middel passenger (if this seat was used) even closer to the fuel-levers than in the video.
Hopefully the Vision1000 worked properly and survived. Then it should give good details of what actually happened.