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Old 11th April 2025 | 13:32
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Although the image is grainy, it seems much more like yaw right than yaw left which would be consistent with a tail rotor/boom/drive failure on a US rotation rotor system.

After that with no directional control, survivability is unlikely - a vertical auto, if achieved would be difficult to maintain and assessing the height at the bottom to cushion the water entry would be nigh on impossible.
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