Originally Posted by
UKExpat
Looking into the Qatar A139 boom failure on the ground - would this aircraft (being a 2008 model) have still had the old/original composite nomex honeycomb boom vs. the new aluminium boom?
You are barking up a red herring.
The tailboom on that Qatari aircraft failed because it had previously been whacked on a deck. AW139s do not have a reputation or history of their tailbooms falling in flight.
Neither do the newer, improved ‘3 banded’ tail rotor blades.