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Old 24th Aug 2020, 18:44
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sprag47
 
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I remember last year on this thread and many were offering theories such as windshield bird strike, T/R separation with subsequent tail boom separation, even the possibility that the owner was at the controls. A few of us figured it was UFIT
given the early morning hour, an emergency trip, and the final departure point location and conditions. As others have noted, the crew was way behind the aircraft beginning with pitch-pull in Florida. They may as well have been in a Bell 47 for all the good the systems in the AW139 did them. A tragic, easily preventable accident...and we’ll see this happen again and again in the future I’m afraid.
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