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Old 4th January 2004 | 17:02
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belly tank
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helmet fire,

I think you are on the right track, i viewed the footage last night and he seemed to be coming in quite hot through the buildings, seen the wire (possibly) and natural reaction is oops better stop now!! hence the quite rapid aft cyclic.

after his 180 deg turn he seemed to travel forward and a slight right yaw and then quite rapidly yaw left and decend into the tree's

i was talking to our other pilots today and after watching the video we agreed a wire strike may have been a factor.

what are the opinions out there from you guys?
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