Originally Posted by
workhorse22
This is my take on this accident:
What can cause a pitch link failure? Pitch link damage? Swashplate seizure/failure? Scissor failure?
edit: I also noticed that the pitch link connected to the blade horn of the ruptured sleeve has sheared off at the top, while the other two visible pitch links has sheared off/got the eyebolt pulled out of the pitch link tube at the bottom.
Again Airbus will put the blame on the maintenance crew involved in maintaining the aircraft as usual or they're gonna rule this out as a military prototype crash not in any way related to any other aircraft on the market today. Case closed!
Rest in peace fellow aviators.
That's a cheap slap on EC.