The rent-an-idiot David Learmount has just been on the BBC News saying that the report reveals that the control cable between the pedals and the tail rotor had snapped!
Really?
Why would somebody agree to an interview about a very short bulletin without taking five minutes to read and understand it?
Looking at the photos and CAT scans of the bearing and carrier, I tend to agree that the bearing failed for some reason and the actuator linkage became disconnected as a result of this failure.