I could have prevented that crash if I’d been a passenger because I’d probably have been the one passenger who volunteered to get out after it ran out of power during the first attempt. If the aircraft had been less heavily loaded, the pilot might have got away with it.
Was the second departure attempt into wind because it didn’t look like it? It was carried out almost 180 degrees away from the first one. It’s possible to hear the rotor rpm drooping due to over pitching almost as soon as the aircraft set off.