Originally Posted by
OvertHawk
I'm reminded of the accident to G-BJVX in the Southern North Sea in the early 2000's where much research was done into the out of balance forces that would have been experienced when a sizeable portion of one of the main blades separated in flight resulting in the separation of the transmission from the fuselage and loss of the aircraft.
https://assets.publishing.service.go...nc_annexes.pdf
At the time there was a lot of talk that the occupants died instantly from broken necks due to the lateral imbalance, the autopsy report suggested otherwise:
The pathologist concluded that everyone had died from multiple
injuries consistent with a high vertical impact loading with some forward
motion
(Which I already knew, but highlight for others)