Originally Posted by
monkey_see
The information about the automatic / manual deployment is in Section 3.
Thanks Monkey_see
That info should be very prominently noted on the ECL for Ditching.
It is not on Rev 3 March 2009 which is the latest I have access to.
So the questions are now going to be:
Why did the helicopter impact the water?
Were the floats armed?
Has there been any changes to the float system since May 2012 which would provide for automatic activation when operating on Batt. Power only?
Was the RPM low enough upon water contact to have taken the Generators off line causing the float system to rely on Batt. Power only.
Were the crew aware of this limitation and did the crew attempt to activate the floats manually?